The Making of the Glencairn Methuselah Window: Page 14

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OXIDIZED TURPENTINE
copied from record of Oct 22 1927

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Take a porcelain crucible. <punctuation per scribe> Arch two pieces of lead on top of it. Put thin turpentine in – cover with a rag to keep dust and dirt out but letting the air in. Stir thoroughly three times a day – It took 19 days, stirred 42 times

Color in jar pale greenish
The above produces a sticky medium which is slow drying

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