This set of notes came from Rick Glawson's last catalog. He listed the products and indicated some of their uses. (Thanks to Danny Barronian for typing the list for this site)

COMMONWEALTH Varnish Specialty sign varnishes since 1917. NOTE: After pouring from the can, hold your breath a moment and blow into the container before sealing. This replaces the oxygen with carbon dioxide and helps prevent the gelling of the contents.

CLEAR FIBROSEAL:
This famous old product has long been a favorite with sigh artists. It takes the place of all quick drying mixing varnishes. Clear fibroseal is thin in body, flows free and dries in 30 minutes. All japan colors should contain a liberal portion of fibroseal as both the thinner and binder in order o secure the best possible results

BLACK FIBROSEAL:
Our Clear Fibroseal and a very fine grade of carbon black produce this outstanding opaque surface coating. Add small amount to clear for an unbeatable transparent glaze.

W.W. WINDOW SPAR:
A special varnish made expressly for clear coating gold work on reverse glass. Pale amber in color, it dries in 10 minutes.

BULLETIN SPAR :
The same properties as W.W. yet a little heavier bodied. It’s my favorite for clearing reverse work. Use as the harding portion when mixing embossing damar for a faster set-up time on small jobs.

QUICK RUBBING:
Amber in color with a 1 hour drying time. Add to damar for a longer open time or after 24 hrs. can be rubbed out for a fine finish.

VENICE JAPAN GOLD SIZE:
Amber in color & very thin bodied, it flows well and gilds in an hour or less. Use as a thinner and binder like the long extinct 1-shot liqui-seal.

FLORENCE JAPAN:
Used as a binder and drying varnish. Amber in color & very thin, it is self-leveling and can be gilded & engine turned in 10 minutes. This means a very short window, but great for small centers and touch-up gilding when rushed.

DAMAR VARNISH:
Thick bodied liquefied damar gum for picture adhesion in reverse work and center embossing. It does not dry on its own and must be mixed with varnish to set up and dry. Mix 50/50 damar & varnish for lithe or canvas adhesion. For embossing add 50% volume of Res-n-gel to your damar/varnish mix as a thickener giving you the desired one third of each.

ASPHALTUM VARNISH:
Used as a glue/acid resist & glazes.

RES-N-GEL:
A synthetic resin conditioner and thickener used to give additional body to damar varnish.

FROG JUICE:
Sunscreen clear 7000. An uncatalized, perfectly clear urethane which thins with mineral spirits and contains UV inhibitors. It is eve flowing and dries in about 20 minutes. It is the only clear we can recommend over exterior gold work “when necessary”. Use to clear sandcarved glass prior to paint infill to help eliminate frost. Safe for clear coating metal leaf. Poor adhesion to clear glass.

ESOTERIC ARTERIAL RED:
A semi-transparent deep “rubylith” red for lining and backgrounds. Oil base and screen consistency, it is broken down with mineral spirits or turps for brush work. You can add black back-up enamel for an extremely intense dark red without the normal “brown” result. Screen print in reverse and color back blend for melted candy splits and panel blends. No other color like it, it matches period work.

NAZ-DAR TRANSPARENT SCREEN INKS:
Packaged in 37ml metal tubes, it comes in 9 colors, blue, purple, red, stop sign red, orange, medium yellow, primrose yellow, green & gold. Thin with spirits and further transparentize with clear if desired for color patches in pearl work or split shading. Quick drying, it can be retarded with gold size.

SHELLAC FLAKES:
Dewaxed crystal clear, mix 2 parts “denatured” alcohol by volume to one part flakes. Comes in ruby, orange, lemon & blonde.

DRAGON’S BLOOD:
An alcohol soluble red resin for tinting shellac. Alcohol soluble.

GAMBOGE:
A yellow resin for tinting shellac. Alcohol soluble.

MIXOL:
|Concentrated universal tints in 24 colors. Soluble in oil, water or alcohol. Mix up to 10%. 20ml (.68 oz) size.