276 Boat. Lucas' Notes.
Painted & Gilt
Colours: - White, Blue, Green, Canary Yellow, Brownish Yellow, Red & Black
No varnish
Parts gilt. Gold discoloured and now reddish purple (will not clean)
Disfigured by fungus growths (now dead and dry) and insects marks (dead beetles present)
Fungus on brownish-yellow & white.
Treatment
Brushed with dry brush
Cleaned paint with benzine and soft brush & gilt with ammonia
Consolidated string of steering paddles with Duroprene
Consolidated paint with celluloid solution
Canary Yellow Pigment Analyzed specimen. Is natural sulphate of arsenic i.e. orpiment.
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