Camomile flowers cannot be used for dyeing cotton. 



BufFWool: alum mordant 

 Colorfastness : fair 

 1 pound wool 

 7 quarts dry, crushed camomile flowers 



Use alum mordant (see pages 67 to 68). Cover the dry crushed flowers 

 with water then boil them for 25 minutes or until their color is gone. Strain 

 and add cold water to make a dyebath of 4 to 4% gallons. Before immersing 

 mordanted wool in the dyebath, thoroughly rinse, and squeeze out excess 

 water. Immerse the wool; heat to boiling; boil for 30 minutes. Wash in 

 soapsuds to brighten the color, then rinse and dry. 



Gold Wool: chrome mordant 

 Colorfastness: good 

 1 pound wool 

 7 quarts dry, crushed camomile flowers 



Use chrome mordant (see pages 67 to 68). Follow directions for dyeing 

 "BufTWool" (above). 



Khaki Wool: alum mordant 

 Colorfastness: good 

 1 pound wool 



7 quarts dry, crushed camomile flowers 

 Ye ounce potassium dichromate 

 }i ounce acetic acid, or 6 to 7 tablespoons vinegar 



Use alum mordant (see pages 67 to 68). Follow directions for dyeing 

 "Buflf Wool" (above). Without rinsing, transfer the wool into a boiling 

 bath of potassium dichromate and acetic acid in 4 gallons of water. Stir, 

 then boil for 10 minutes, rinse and dry. 



Chrome Yellow 



On cotton, without a mordant, lead acetate and potassium dichromate 

 produce a bright yellow. The color is not fast on wool. 



Yellow Cotton: no mordant before dyeing 

 Colorfastness: good 

 1 pound cotton 

 3 ounces lead acetate 

 1 ounce potassium dichromate 



Dissolve the lead acetate and potassium dichromate in individual baths, 

 each containing 4 to 4}< gallons of water. Thoroughly wet the cotton, 

 squeeze out excess water, then dip it in each bath, stirring to make certain 

 that the solution reaches all parts of the material. Repeat this process four 

 times. Rinse and dry. 



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