Dictionarium polygraphicum. To dye cloth, stuff &c. scarlet.

Dictionarium Polygraphicum:
Or, The Whole Body of Arts Regularly Digested.
Vol II.
London: Printed for C. Hitch and C. Davis in Pater-noster Row, and S. Austen in St. Paul's Church Yard. MDCCXXXV.
1735
To dye cloth, stuff. &c. scarlet.
For every twenty pound weight of stuff take one pound and a half of madder, three quarters of a pound of alum, an ounce and a half of white-wine tartar, one ounce and a half of arsenick, and an ounce of cerusse; boil the cloth in this mixture for an hour and a quarter; then throw away the water, and put fresh water into the kettle, adding a pint of wheaten bran; then rinse the stuff in river water, and pass it through the branny water; then take it out and make a liquor of a pound and a half of verdigrease, three quarters of an ounce of white wood called immick, and rinse the stuff in it several times, having first stirr'd the immick-shavings about. Then put into the yellow liquor two pound and a half of madder, one ounce of storax; let them lie one whole night to dissolve, and after that keep stirring the stuff well about for the space of an hour, keeping constantly a good fire under the copper; all which being done, you will have a very good scarlet.

Another.
For every two pound of stuff to be dy'd allow two ounces of tartar, and one ounce of sal-armoniac; pulverize them, and when the water begins to boil, put them in, and put two ounces of white starch, and half an ounce of gummi gutta into the water; and add also an ounce of cochineal; make them boil, and then put in an ounce and a half of aqua fortis. When you have done this, put in the stuff; boil them all together, take it out cool and rinse it.

Another.
Let the stuffs be alumd, as for crimson in river water; let them be boii'd for two hours, then hang them out a whole night without rinsing; but in the morning rinle them out.
Then in order to dye them, take clean bran-water, skim it clean, and for every pound of goods put in an ounce of pulveriz'd tartar; having first mixt one half of it with hair an ounce of cochineal; and when the liquor, where the remaining half of the tartar is, hath boil 'd, then put in the cochineal, &c.
Boil them together, afterwards add half an ounce of aqua fortis, in which a small quantity of sal-armoniac (not bigger than a pea) hath been dissolv'd; which must be put in when the stuffs have boii'd about a quarter of an hour; then let them all boil together for a lade while, then let it cool and rinse them out.



Another good scarlet.

Put rain-water into a copper kettle, hang it over the fire, and for every pound of stuff put into a tin pot an ounce and a half of aqua-fortis, and an ounce and a half of powder'd tartar, and an ounce of sal-armoniac; or if you have a little scar let liquor, put in a little cochineal.

After you have done this, put them into the water, stir them well together, and put in the stuffs; let them boil for an hour, then take them out, cool and rinse them, and dye them as follows.

For every pound of stuff allow one ounce of cochineal, two ounces of tartar, a quarter of an ounce of sal-armoniac, all reduced to powder; let it boil an hour and a half with the before mention'd ingredients, (prepar'd as before directed) and rain water; rolling the stuff upon the roll as occasion requires: then take it out, cool and rinse it, and it will be a beautiful scarlet.



To dye a scarlet or nacaret, i.e. a lively red.

For twenty-seven pound of woollen ware take two pounds of tartar, six ounces of sal-gemma, four ounces of sal-armoniac, two pound of aqua-fortis temper'd with tin, three ounces of cochineal; and having first cleans'd the ware verv well, when you put these drugs into the kettle, put in the stuff, and let them boil together for half an hour.

To finish it.
Boil the ware gently with a pound and a quarter of cochineals one ounce of sal-gemma, one ounce of tartar, and half a pound of temper'd aqua-fortis; and then rinse it out.

You may (if you please) use more of the sal-armoniac, and less of the sal-gemma: and also if you take but one pound of cochineal, and stir the goods well, cool and rinse them, the dye will be very near as good as the other way.


Another scarlet dye.
For one pound ot wool take two ounces of aqua-fortis, one ounce of English tin, two ounces of white-wine tartar, an ounce and a half of alum, and half a drachm of cochineal; and boil the wool with them half an hour, then cool and rinse it out.
To finish it.
Take an ounce and a half of cochineal; but if you would dye a crimson, add a little alum, and a quarter of an ounce or less of sal-armoniac.


Another scarlet dye.
For three pound of wool take four ounces of temper'd aqua fortis, four ounces of tartar; of sal-armoniac, and sal-gemma, and cochineal, each one ounce; boil the wool with these for half an hour, then cool it, and add to the suds an ounce and a half of alum, and when it begins to boil, to compleat the work, put in two ounces of cochineal.
This dye is deeper and more inclinable to purple than the former, and consequently better.

Another scarlet.
For sixty-two pound of ware take two pound of temper'd aqua- fortis, two pound of tartar, half a pound of sal-armoniac, and three ounces of cochineal; boil the cloth with these for half an hour, then cool it and put into the suds one pound of red or roach alum, and also the cloth a second time; boil them three quarters of an hour, and then cool and rinse it.
To finish it.
Add two pound of cochineal, and boil the stuff with it for a quarter of an hour, and the colour will be extraordinary good.



A lighter scarlet.

For every four pound of ware take aqua-fortis, and white-wine tartar, of each five ounces, cochineal an ounce and a half; boil the goods with thclc drugs for three quarters of an hour, then take them our, pour fresh water into the kettle, and finish your stuffs as follows.

Take cochineal and shrch of each three ounces, of crystal tartar three ounces, tempered aquafortis two ounces and a half, gummi gutta an ounce and a half; boil the water with these drugs for half an hour, and the work will be compleated.

Note, That all sorrs of wool and woollen wares must be well wetted before they are put into the suds; and this caution is the more especially neceslary in the scarlet dye.



To dye a deep scarlet flesh-colour.
For thirteen pound of woollen ware take two pound of aqua-fortis, tempered with half a pound of tin; two pound and a half of white-wine tartar, half a pound of sal gemma, four ounces of sal armoniac; boil the ware with all these for half an hour, then rinse it out, and
To finish it,
Add one pound and a quarter of cochineal, one ounce of sal armoniac; boil the goods with these for a quarter of an hour, and they will be of a very good colour.


Another scarlet.
For twenty-six pounds of woollen goods take four pounds of white-wine tartar, one pound of alum, one pound and a half of aqua-sortis, temper'd with six ounces of English tin, and two ounces of cochineal; boil the goods with these ingredients for an hour, then cool and rinse them.
To finish them.
Boil a pound and a quarter of cochineal for a quarter of an hour, and afterwards put in the goods and boil them for a quarter of an hour more, and then rinse them out.
You may (if you please) use more alum in the preparatory sud:, as a pound and a half or two pounds; and you may like wise make an addition of half an ounce of cochineal, i.e. two ounces and a half, and use but four ounces of tin.


A liquor to scour scarlet.
Boil a pound of wheaten-bran in as much liquor as is sufficient to work ten or twelve pound of ware; and afterwards add to it, three ounces of alum, three ounces of Florence orrisroot powder'd; boil all together, pour them into a clean vat or cooler, and let them settle till the liquor is clear; afterwards heat the clear liquor in a kettle, and scour the scarlet with it, and it will have a very good effect.