Leather dressing, including dyeing, staining and finishing (1907)
Lamb, M. C. (Morris Charles) · London : The Leather Trades Publishing Co. · leaf 77
m water used in the scouring ; a suitable quantity being about 4 ounces to each 3 galls, of water. §10G. In cases where the goods are heavily bloomed a little borax should be added to the scouring liquor. §107. The hide or kip to be scoured is placed, after soaking, on the scouring table, flesh… … The action of the tool is intermediate between a rub and a scrape, and the operator first works along the ridge of the hide, and then from ridge to shank, so as to set out the hide quite flat. When the one half has been thus smoothed out, the hide is turned round and the other half slicked f rom…
Dyes and dyeing · Leatherwork
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