Originally Posted by
BoJangles
Janice, I too have never heard the term 'asphaltum' before!
I'd never heard it before either, till I found it in the recipe.
http://www.woodcentral.com/cgi-bin/r...cles_117.shtml
(Here's the short version: "Add turpentine, boiled linseed oil, and asphaltum together. Paint it on. Bake it. Done." Except that I think that for sewing machines, this process was repeated several times.)
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