The Art of Dyeing. (Recipes 259-264) (Dick's encyclopedia of practical receipts and processes)

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William B. Dick
Dick & Fitzgerald, New York 1884.

259. Deep Blue Dye for Woolen Goods.

To dye 5 pounds woolen goods, add to the requisite quantity of water, 2 pints chloride of iron and 1 pint chloride of tin; work in this for half an hour; lift, and work half an hour in a bath with 4 ounces of the ferrocyanide. If the color is required to be deeper, repeat this through the same stuff, adding 2 ounces more ferrocyanide; then wash out in cold water, and dry.

260. Lavender.

Add 1 pint plumb liquor (see No. 111) to sufficient water to work the goods easily; stir well and work in this for 20 minutes, then wash in cold water and dry. A darker or lighter tint is obtained by using more or less plumb liquor.

If a blue tint is required, add to the solution before putting in the goods, 2 or 3 drops either of sulphate, or of extract of indigo. (See Nos. 98 and 99).

261. Fine Lavender.

Into a vessel of water as hot as the hand can bear, dissolve a little white soap — enough to raise a lather; then. add. 1 gill archil liquor, and work the goods for 15 minutes, wring out and dry. To obtain a redder tint, boil 1 ounce cudbear, and use instead of the archil liquor. A still redder tint is attainable by leaving out the soap altogether.

262. Violet, Lilac, Wine Color, &c.

Work the goods for 20 minutes in plumb liquor (see No. 111) in a copper pan or stoneware vessel; wash out repeatedly until the goods cease to taste of the liquor, then dry. To obtain a rich blue shade, add to the plumb liquor 1 fluid ounce either sulphate or extract of indigo. For a red shade, first dye a lavender by cudbear without soap. (See No. 261.)

263. French and Pearl White.

Dissolve in hot water sufficient white soap to make a lather; then add ½ fluid ounce archil liquor; work the goods for 10 minutes, and wash out. A little cudbear may be used instead of archil, less or more, according to the shade required.

264. French and Pearl White.

Put 1 fluid ounce plumb liquor (see No. 111) into a vessel of cold water; work the goods in it for 10 minutes; wash out and dry. For these shades the goods must be perfectly white (see No. 233) previous to dyeing.