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1 part Portland Cement
3 Parts Sand
1/2 in. Thick
Then  a color coat.
sometimes put or in patches of different tints as required for the finished design. When this coat is nearly dry, it is finished with a smooth - skimming, 1/2 to 1/8 in thick of Pasian [[?]] or other fine cement or lime, only as much as can be finished in one day being laid.   [[?]] through pricked cartons to transfer design to plastered surface. Broad spaces of background are now exposed by removing the finishing coat thus revealing the colored plaster beneath, following this the [[?]] of the rest of the design are scratched with an iron knife.  Pigments are Indian red. Turkey red, Antwerp blue, German blue, [[?]], purple, brown,[[?]], black