Project Gutenberg 2022-08-30 Public domain in the USA. 125 An Old Hand Hand, An Old Old Hand Hand, Old Hints for painters, decorators, and paper-hangers. Being a selection of useful rules, data, memoranda, methods, and suggestions for house, ship and furniture painting, paper-hanging, gilding, color mixing, and other matters useful and instructive to painters and decorators. Prepared with special reference to the wants of amateurs $aUnited States :$bThe Industrial Publication Company,$c1882. Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Hints for Painters, Decorators, and Paper-Hangers" by An Old Hand is a practical guidebook written in the late 19th century. The book offers a comprehensive collection of tips, instructions, and methodologies tailored for painters and decorators, especially focusing on house, ship, and furniture painting. It serves as a resource for both professional tradesmen and amateurs who wish to enhance their skills in practical decoration and painting techniques. The opening of the book introduces its purpose as a practical manual designed to help everyday workers understand their profession with clarity and accessibility. It emphasizes the importance of materials, surface preparation, and the various processes involved in painting and paper-hanging. The author's approach is straightforward, avoiding technical jargon to cater to those who might not have formal training. Through detailed discussions on types of paints, preparation techniques, and the nuances of color mixing, the beginning passages lay the groundwork for a thorough exploration of the craft that awaits the reader. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/hintsforpainters00bellrich/page/14/mode/2up 20210728234513anoldhand 1882 US Reading ease score: 68.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Interior decoration House painting Paperhanging TT Text Category: Art Category: How To ... 143783 2025-06-27T08:42:12.532916 text/html 117953 2024-10-19T00:22:42 text/html 298732 2025-06-27T08:42:16.260842 application/epub+zip 296972 2025-06-27T08:42:13.678891 application/epub+zip 160386 2025-06-27T08:42:13.012920 application/epub+zip 615522 2025-06-27T08:42:18.254838 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 598308 2025-06-27T08:42:15.799899 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 435961 2022-09-30T23:52:59.983734 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 125047 2025-06-27T08:42:12.294864 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 104955 2024-10-19T00:22:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17161 2025-06-27T08:42:18.390851 application/rdf+xml 14854 2025-06-27T08:42:13.280897 image/jpeg 2507 2025-06-27T08:42:13.144877 image/jpeg 514496 2025-06-27T08:42:12.550000 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog