Cotton manufacture: a manual of practical instruction in the processes of opening, carding, combing, drawing, doubling, and spinning of cotton, and the methods of dyeing and preparing goods for the market (1894)
Lister, John, 1920- · London, C. Lockwood · leaf 162
and itwill be found that rather brighter colours are obtained, especially inblues, even if the red be not entirely discharged, nor the sodaaluminate and alizarate thoroughly washed away. The fact is thatthe alizarate remaining in the cloth, being itself a blue to a certaindegree, does not in any… … CALICO PRINTING. 149 soaping of great strength would no doubt counteract it; still thestrong soaping would again not be advisable on account of the redand blue. Padding and Topping the Fabric.—Pale and medium indigocolours are best suited for padding on white cloth, but perhaps thebest effects are…
Cotton manufacture
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