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DYEING AND CALICO PRINTING.

Mix well, heat, and strain ; print and expose for ten hours before steaming forthirty to forty minutes.

No. 18. Pink .—

Sapan liquor, at 6i° Tw. I gal.

Gum, in powder. 3 lbs.

Perchloride of tin, at 120° Tw. 4 ozs.

No. ig. Pink .—

Ammoniacal cochineal liquor, at 6° Tw. 2 quarts

Binoxalate of potash. 3 ozs.

Perchloride of tin, at 120° Tw. . ij ,,

Gum water, at S lbs. per gallon . 2 quarts

No. 20. Pink .—

Ammonical cochineal liquor, at 6° Tw. 2 quarts

Alum . 2 ozs.

Oxalic acid. 4 oz.

Gum-water, at 6 lbs. per gallon . 2 quarts

Saffranin yields the most beautiful pinks and light roses upon silk (see p. 207).No. 21. Purple .—

Logwood liquor, at 3° Tw. 1 gal.

Sapan liquor, at 3° Tw. 1 „

Alum. . 4 lbs.

Acetate of lead (white) . 3 ,,

Digest at a gentle heat for several hours with constant stirring. When thealum is completely dissolved and the sediment has subsided draw off the clearliquor. Of this take 2 quarts.

Gum-water, at 6 lbs. per gallon . 2 quarts

Perchloride of tin, at 120° Tw. 3 ozs.

Nitrate of alumina . 1 oz.

Oxalic acid. *

For purple and violet shades the aniline colours, such as Hofmann’s violets,have a decided advantage (see p. 195.)

No. 22. Red .—

Cochineal liquor, at 4° Tw. 3 gals.

Bark liquor, at 12 0 Tw. i£ pints

Starch. 3 lbs.

Boil, and when cool add—

Oxalic acid. 1 lb.

Tin crystals. j

No. 23. Red (Crimson Shade ).—■

Ammoniacal cochineal paste. 2 lbs.

Water. 1 ga l.

Boil and strain ; then add—

Gum (ground) . 2 lbs.

Alum . 3 ozs,

Acetate of lead. z ,,

Tartaric acid . 1 oz.

Perchloride of tin . 4 ozs.