484 THE HOUSEHOLD. 



Sccn'ch in g.— White goods, rub well with liucu.rags, dipped in chlorine 

 water. Colored cottons, re-dye if possible; in woolen, raise a fresh surface. 

 Silks, no remedy. 



Coloring Recipes— In using the following recipes remember that the 

 goods should always be wet in hot soapsuds before they are put into the 

 dye. Be very careful to have the materials thoroughly dissolved and keep 

 the dye hot, constantly stirring the goods, lifting them up to the air and 

 turning them over. 



Sroum. — For five pounds of goods allow one pound of catechu and two 

 ounces of alum, dissolved in sufficient hot water to wet the goods. Put thin 

 in a brass kettle or tin boiler on the stove, and when it is boiling hot put in 

 the goods and remove it from the stove. Have ready four ounces of bi- 

 chromate of potash dissolved in hot water in a wooden pail. Drain the 

 goods from the catechu and dip them into the bi-chromate of potash, then 

 back into the catechu again. Proceed in this way, dipping into each alter- 

 nately until the required shade is produced. This colora. a nice brown on 

 cotton, woolen, or silk. 



Blue (on cotton). — Dissolve four ounces of copperas in three or four gal- 

 lons of water. Soak the goods thoroughly in this, and then drain and trans- 

 fer to a solution of two ounces of prussiato of potash in the same qtiantity of 

 water. Lift the goods from this and put them to drain, then add to the 

 prussiato of potash solution one-half ounce of oil of vitriol, being careful to 

 pour in a few drops only at a time; stir thoroughly, return the goods, and 

 as soon as of the desired shade rinse them in clear water and dry. This 

 will color five pounds. 



Yellow {on cotton). — For five pounds of goods, dissolve one pound of 

 sugar of lead in enough water to thoroughly saturate the goods, and one- 

 half pound of bi-chromato of potash in the same qiiantity of water in a sepa- 

 lato vessel. Dip the goods well, and drain in each alternately until the de- 

 sired shade is secured, thou rinse and dry. If an orange is desired, dip the 

 yellow rags into strong, hot lime water before rinsing. 



Green {on cotlon). — First color blue, and then proceed as in yellow. 



Turkey lied (on cotton). — For four pounds of cloth, take one pound of 

 sumac in enough soft water to cover the cloth in a tub, soak over nigLt, 

 wring out and rinse in soft water. Take two ounces of muriate of tin in clear 

 soft water, put in the cloth and let it remain fifteen minutCB. Put three 

 pounds of bur wood in cold soft water, in a boiler on a stove, and nearly 

 boil, then partly cool, then put in the cloth and boil one hour. Take out 

 the cloth and ac^d to the water in the boiler one ounce of oil of vitriol, put 

 in the cloth and boil fifteen minutes. Piinse in cold water. 



Bark Brown. — For dark brown, four ounces of blue vitriol, two pounds 

 of cutch, and six ounces of bi-chromate of potash. TJiis is for ten jwunds of 

 cloth. Put the cutch in an iron kettle, in cold water enough to cover the 

 cloth, heat until dissolved, dissolve the vitriol, and add it to the dye, put in 

 the cloth and scald it an hour or more. Wring it from the dye, dissolve tlie 

 bi-chromate of potash in boiling water in brass, and put in the cloth for 

 fifteen minutes. 



Canary (on cotton). — Take one-half pound of sugar of load, and dissolve 

 it in hot water. Dissolve one-fourth pound of bi-chromate of potash in cold 

 water in a wooden vessel. Dip the goods first in the lead water, then in the 

 potash, so continuing until the color suits. This quantity will color five 

 pounds of rags. 



