| Introductory | 1 |
| CHAPTER I. |
| THE SHOP AND ITS EQUIPMENT. |
| Locating and Fitting up the Shop—System of Ventilation—Furnishing and Equipping the Varnish Room—The "Set Room," Etc.—With Fourteen Illustrations of Labor-Saving Devices for the Paint Shop and Varnish Room | 3 |
| CHAPTER II. |
| BUYING, USING, AND PRESERVING BRUSHES. |
| How to Select a Brush—How to Care for It—Softening the Hard Brush—Brush Keepers—Preserving Liquids, Etc.—With Seventeen Illustrations | 9 |
| CHAPTER III. |
| THE SURFACING STAGE OF PAINTING. |
| Materials Used—Priming—Its Importance—Numerous Formulas for Primers—When to Prime and How—Lead Coats—Their Office and Significance—Rub Lead, with Full Directions for Making and Applying—Knifing Lead, with Numerous Formulas for Making It—Putty—Ten Formulas for Making Putty—Directions for Using Putty so as to Obtain the Best Results—Sandpapering—How and How Not to Do It—Sizes of Paper to be Used—Roughstuff—Many Formulas for Making It—The Mission of Roughstuff, with Full and Complete Directions for Applying and Surfacing It—Six Illustrations Accompany the Chapter | 17 |
| CHAPTER IV. |
| COLORS. |
| Colors Scientifically Analyzed—Prismatic and Objective Color—The Orders of Objective Colors and their Uses in Vehicle Painting—Harmonizing and Contrasting Colors—Testing Colors—Assaying for Opacity, Coloring Strength, Brilliancy, and Durability—With a Practical Working Table for Compounding 95% of the Most Fashionable and Popular Colors Used in Modern Carriage and Wagon Painting | 28 |
| CHAPTER V. |
| THE APPLICATION OF COLORS TO SURFACES. |
| Detailed Instructions for Preparing the Foundation Colors—How to get the Finest Results in Using the Ever-Popular Greens, Blues, and the Varied Colors Belonging to the Red Order—Also Yellows, Browns, and Blacks—Complete Information Covering the Painting of a White Job | 37 |
| CHAPTER VI. |
| VARNISH, AND THE MARVELOUS THING ABOUT IT. |
| Virtues of Varnish—Brief Review of its Mission—Applying Rubbing Varnish—Surfacing It, and the Tools and Appliances Used—Importance of the Water Supply, Washing Up, Etc.—The Tale of Fine Varnishing Made Easy—Flowing the Finishing Coat—Varnishing Running Parts—Various Movements Necessary—Numerous Illustrations | 47 |
| CHAPTER VII. |
| DEPRAVITIES OF VARNISH. |
| Their Causes and Cure or Prevention—Graining Out—Cracking—Sweating—Deadening, Sinking In—Enameling, Silking, Etc.—Pitting—Seedy or Specky—Crawling—Wrinkling, Crinkling—Runs, Sags, Curtains, Draperies—Ridging, Roughing—Perishing, Crumbling, Rusting—Chipping, Flaking, Peeling—Fire Checks—Greening—Blooming—Blisters—Spotting | 54 |
| CHAPTER VIII. |
| STRIPING AND ITS PURPOSE. |
| How to Learn the Art—Directions for Making Pencils and Caring for Them—Mixing Striping Colors—Names of Stripes—With Thirty-Six Illustrations, including Pencils, Various Styles of Stripes, Panel and Corner Designs, Etc. | 61 |
| CHAPTER IX. |
| SCROLL PAINTING. |
| The Passing of the Fine Old Roman Scroll and its Destined Return to Favor—Relief and Flat Scrolls Fully Described—How to Learn the Art of Scrolling—Scrolls in Gold, Aluminum, and Colors—The Basis of Beautiful Scroll Work—Recipes for Gilding Size—With Eighteen Illustrations, Including Five Full-Page Designs of Relief and Flat Scrolls | 75 |
| CHAPTER X. |
| LETTERING. |
| Wagon Lettering as Distinguished from Sign Writing—Specific Directions for Learning the Art of Wagon Lettering, Including Laying Out, Spacing, Outlining, Balancing, Shading, Punctuation, Etc.—Roman, Modified Block, Ornamental, and Grecian Alphabets, Numerals, Etc., Shown—With Designs for Business Vehicle Panels | 89 |
| CHAPTER XI. |
| MONOGRAMS. |
| Their Antiquity, Relation to Modern Vehicle Painting, Etc.—Designing and Painting the Monogram—Necessary Tools—Making a Transfer Monogram—Leading Colors and Engaging Combinations—With Eighteen Illustrations | 102 |
| CHAPTER XII. |
| PAINTING THE MODERN BUSINESS WAGON. |
| Considered as a Work of Art and as an Advertising Medium—Practical Instructions which Cover the Various Classes of Business Vehicles—The Factory Method Explained—Painting Heavy Trucks and Farm Wagons—Popular Colors for Painting Business Wagons—Numerous Formulas for Painting Canvas and Cloth Tops | 109 |
| CHAPTER XIII. |
| RE-PAINTING AND RE-VARNISHING VEHICLES. |
| Full Description of Manner of Doing the Various Classes of Work—How to Match Colors—To Burn Off Paint—Tables of Materials used in Painting Vehicles—Treatment of Tops and Dashes, Formulas for Dressings, Etc.—Method of Marking Vehicles—Washing Finished Work—Schedule of Prices for Repainting | 117 |
| CHAPTER XIV. |
| A PRACTICAL STUDY OF MATERIALS. |
| White Lead—Importance of its Purity—Quality of Colors in General—Adulteration as Viewed from the Painter's Standpoint—Purity of Raw Linseed Oil—Turpentine—Testing C
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