For outdoor work boiled oil is used and for indoor work, raw oil; 4.

Turpentine, which is used to thin out the paint and to make it dry more quickly.
The common method of painting is: 1.

Set any nails with nailset; 2.
Sandpaper; 3.

Shellac the knots; 4.

Prime with a thin coat of paint, mostly white lead, (that is, little color,) boiled oil, and turpentine (the proportion of drying oil is greater than in ordinary paint); 5.
Putty up cracks, nail holes, etc.; 6.