The old Mashburn stock finish everyone swore by from the late 40's to the early 60's was 3 parts Johnson's Traffic Kote floor sealer to 1 part Faultless starch. The walnut tone had 2 drops of liquid brown Dyan Shine shoe polish added to each bottle. Art pulled it from the market when the price of Traffic Kote went up & he would have had to raise the price of the finish 25 or 30 cents a bottle. He considered that highway robbery & refused to try to sell it for that much.
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