The Art of Dyeing. (Recipes 153-156) (Dick's encyclopedia of practical receipts and processes)

Dick's encyclopedia of practical receipts and processes:
containing over 6400 receipts embracing thorough information, in plain language, applicable to almost every possible industrial and domestic requirement
William B. Dick
Dick & Fitzgerald, New York 1884.

153. Common Red.

Make a decoction of 3 pounds sumach, and put the goods in at once; let them steep over night; wring out and work for an hour in a mixture of 1 gill red spirits (see No. 108), to every gallon water wring out and wash well; then work for half an hour in a decoction of 3 pounds limawood and 1 pound fustic, using this decoction as hot as the band can bear it; lift, and add 1 gill red spirits, then work for 15 minutes more; wash out and dry.

154. Boxwood Red.

To a decoction of 2 pounds sumach, add a wine-glassful of vitriol, and steep the goods in it for 6 hours; wring out and work for an hour in red spirit (see No. 108), diluted to 2° Baumé; wring out and wash, then pass through a tub of warm water; put 10 pounds barwood into a boiler with water and bring it near to the boil, then put in the goods and work among the wood grains for hour; lift out, wash, wring and dry. Deeper shades may be dyed by using larger quantities of the materials in each operation.

155. Scarlet.

For 1 pound of goods, boil 1¾ ounces cream of tartar in water in a block-tin vessel; add 1¾ ounces tin spirits, made according to the first receipt in No. 113; boil for 3 minutes, then boil the goods in it for 2 hours; drain and let the goods cool. Next boil ¼ ounce cream of tartar for a few minutes in some water; add to it 1 ounce powdered cochineal, boil for 5 minutes, adding gradually 1 ounce tin spirits, stirring well all the time; then put in the goods and dye immediately.

156. Common Crimson.

Steep over night in a decoction of 3 pounds sumach; work in spirits diluted 2° Baumé wash and then work for 30 minutes in a decoction of 3 pounds limawood and 1 pound logwood; lift, and add a gill of red spirits (see No. 108); work for 15 minutes; wash and dry. A beautiful red crimson is obtained by omitting the logwood; and a diversity of tints dyed by varying the proportions of the limawood and logwood.