The dyer's hand-book : containing about 200 valuable recipes for bleaching, dyeing, & finishing, on the most approved principle : with patterns dyed from white by the process given to each (1875)
Bird, F. J. (Frederick J.) · Manchester [Eng.] : J. Heywood ; London : Simpkin, Marshall · leaf 27
a hot solution of alum for ten or twelve hours;lift and wash in two waters ; boil or scald. For 100 Yards. For 10 Yards. 1211b. Limawood. ljlb. 21b. Logwood. 3Joz. Decant the clear of both liquors into a tub of sufficient size ;enter, and winch for thirty minutes ; air out and repeat; whendark… … Same as Pink (No. 21), only after mordanting, run throughsulphate of iron liquor (No. 168), well rinse in two or threewaters either warm or cold, and dye in magenta bath. The ironliquor makes the difference between magenta and claret. 26 The Dyers Handbook 38.—Scarlet with Cochineal on Silk. For…
Dyes and dyeing
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