Ransom's family receipt book, 1886

PURPLE. — For each pound goods, two ounces cudbe inr: rinse good well in soap suds then dissolve cudbear in hot suds— not quite boihngand soak the goods until of required color. The color is brightened by rinsing in alum water. YELLOW. — RICH. — Work five pounds goods one-half hour in a boiling bath with threee ounces bichromate of potassa and two ounces alum lift and expose till well cooled and drained, then work one-half hour in an other bath with five pounds lustic. Wash out and dry. CRIMSON. — Work for one hour in a bath with one pound cochine paste ; six ounces dry cochineal ; one pound tandar ; one pint proto chloride of tin. Wash out and dry. SALMON. — For each pound goods, one-fourth pound annotto j one fourth pound soap ; rinse goods in warm water, put them into mixtur and boil one-half hour. Shade will be according to amount of annotto. DOVE AND SLATE COLORS OF ALL SHADES.— Boil in iron vessel a teacup of black tea with teaspoon of copperas, and sufficient water Dilute till you get the shade wanted. ’ COTTON GOODS. LACK.— For five pounds goods, boil them in a decoction of thre pounds sumach one-haif hour, and steep twelve hours ; dip in lim water one-half hour ; take out and let them drip one hour ; run them through the lime water again fifteen minutes. Make a new dye with two and one half pounds logwood (boiled one hour), and dip again three hours ; add bichromate potash, two ounces, to the logwood dye and dip one hour. Wash in clear cold water and dry in shade. Only process for permanen black. SKY BLUE.— For three pounds goods, blue vitriol, four ounces ; boil few minutes, then dip goods three hours ; then pass them through strong lime water. A beautiful BROWN can be obtained by next putting good through a solution of prusstate of potash. GREEN. — Dip goods in home-made blue ; dye until blue obtained to make the green as dark as required ; take out, dry art enough ii, rinse a little. Make a dye with fustic, three pounds, iogwood, three ounces to each pound, goods, by boiling dye one hour; when cooled so as to bea hand, put in goods, move briskly few minutes, and let lie one hour; take out and thoroughly drain ; dissolve and add to the dye for each pound o cotton, ’blue vitriol, one half ounce, and dip another hour. Wring out anc let dry in the shade. By adding or diminishing the logwood and fustic, an shade may be had. YELLOW. — For five pounds of goods, seven ounces sugar of lead ; dip goods two hours; make a new dye with bichromate of potash, i nn ounces: dip until color suits; wring out and dry. If not yellow enough repeat. ORANGE.— For five pounds goods, sugar of lead, four ounces ; boil few minutes ; when a littie cool, put in goods ; dip two hours ; wring out: make a new dye with bichromate potash, eight ounces ; madder, two ounces j dip until it suits ; if color is too red, take small sample and dip into lim 1 water and choose between them. RED. — Muriate of tin, two-thirds teacup; add water to cover goods ; raise to boiling heat; put in goods one hour; stir often; take ou empty kettle, put in clean water with nicwood, one pound ; steep one-ha hour at hand heat ; then put in goods and increase heat one hour— not boiling. Add goods and dip one hour as before. Wash without soap. Three back numbers of this book for 6 cents in stamps, six for 12 cents. sssowws,