Paul, Alexander, instructor in feather dyeing. [from old catalog], Frank, Morris, [from old catalog] ed · Philadelphia, Pa., Mrs. Dr. M. Frank · leaf 94
soap, and rinse thoroughly in about four hotwaters; then pass through a bath of plain boilingwater; next prepare a bath of one gallon of luke warmwater, and add a handful of starch. Enter feathersand rub thoroughly between the hands; remove andadd a teaspoonful of oxalic acid ; enter feathers and… … TERRA COTTA—page 42. PLUM—page 35. OSTRICH FEATHER DYEING. 59 rubbing in powdered starch between the hands andbeating out on a clean board until all the starch hasbeen removed from the fibre. Should you find yourcolor a shade too dark, mix a luke warm starch bath,and pass feathers through, keeping…
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