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The Family Dyer and Scourer; Being a Complete Treatise on the Whole Art of Cleaning and Dying by William Tucker (Paperback / softback, 2012)

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1817 Excerpt: ... pan, into which put a small quantity of muriate of tin, pass your silks through warm water and wring them gently, then put them in this pan of dye water and handle them till they are nearly cold, with two sticks; when it is cold, draw out your silks, throw your liquor away, and dip ather pan full of bark-liquor out of your copper into the pan; handle your silks through this also ten minutes, then add as much more muriate of tin as the colour you intend may require. Rinse out in its own liquor slightly, and dry in a warm room. Turmeric of itself affords a yellow, and is secured or prepared with sea salt, but it is t much used on account of the price of that drug. Arnatta affords also a yellow bordering on the orange, when dissolved with equal parts of pearl ash, and gives its colour to silks in warm water; but is t a lasting dye, turmeric also being dissolved with pearl ash affords its colour in like manner. The ash and alder bark also afford a yellow as well as the root and the leaf of the dock. Peach and pear tree bark also produce a yellow, and so does every bark and root, which being chewed excites an astringent taste in the mouth. Even those that have t this property will give a yellow, though t of the fast dye. Flowers also afford a yellow dye, but of the fugitive kind. The barks and roots above-mentioned are to be prepared and worked exactly in the same manner as the fustic or welds. Yellows of all shades are dyed according to receipts given, but must be varied by using a gretiter or lesser quantity of preparation and more or less dying stuff; which is best learned by practice. For dying Beds of all Shades, Crimsons, SfC. a Scarlet Silk Shawl of a permanent Colour. First dissolve two ounces of white soap in boiling water, handle your shawl ...

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ISBN-10
1231218681
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9781231218686
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Paperback / Softback, Trade Paperback (US) ,Unsewn / Adhesive Bound
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English
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William Tucker

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Date of Publication
10/05/2012
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Black & White Illustrations
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United States

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