Book Description

Excerpt from The Finishers' Manual: Containing the Receipts of an Expert for Finishing the Bottoms of Boots and Shoes, as Well as Other Valuable Information In issuing this book to the trade we give to the reader the results of many years of practical and successful experiments. We have made the finishing of hemlock leather a thorough study and we take pleasure in commending to your consideration our various formulas which will give a clear, even finish on any kind of leather provided our directions are strictly carried out. Every shoe manufacturer or finisher knows the value of a clean, bright attractive finish on his goods. The formulas we offer have the thoroughly and successfully tested by the best known manufacturers and finishers in this country. The finisher will do well to remember that it is the individual skill of the workman in performing many apparently simple operations which renders those operations successful. When, therefore, a receipt is tried for the first time and is not thoroughly successful, the experimentalist should consider how far his own inexperience has contributed to the failure before he condemns the receipt. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.