Cement for Labels. — i. Macerate five parts of glue in eighteen parts of water. Boil and add nine parts rock candy and five parts gum arable. 2. Mix dextrine with water and add a drop^or two of glycerine. 3. A mixture of one part of dry chloride of calcium, or two parts of the same salt in the crystallized form, and thirty-six parts of gum arable, dissolved in water to a proper consistency, form a mucilage which holds well, does not crack by drying, and yet does not attract sufficient moisture from the air to become wet in damp weather. 4. For attaching labels to tin and other bright metallic sur- faces, first rub the surface with a mixture of muriatic acid and alco- hol ; then apply the label with a very thin coating of the paste, and it 564 THE hearthstone; or, life at home, will adhere almost as well as on glass. 5. To make cement for at- taching labels to metals, take ten parts tragacanth mucilage, ten parts of honey and one part flour. The flour appears to hasten the drying and renders it less susceptible to damp. Another cement that will resist the damp still better, but will not adhere if the surface is greasy, is made by boiling together two parts shellac, one part borax and six- teen parts water. Cement for Jars and Bottles. — Use one-fourth beeswax and three-fourths resin, melted together. Mucilage of Gum Arabic. — Gum arabic, twelve troy ounces; glycerine, eight fluid ounces ; water, sixteen ounces✪ Mucilage of Gum Arabic. To Cement Wood to Glass. — Make a solution of isinglass in acetic acid so thick as to be solid when cold. Heat this and apply it. It will adhere firmly, uniting both materials equally. Rubber Cement. — A cement of this kind, that is recommended as being economical and excellent, is made by cutting a quantity of pure India-rubber, in its natural state, into small pieces, putting them in a wide-mouthed bottle, and filling it about half-full of the purest ben- zine; the rubber will swell up almost immediately, and, if well shaken, will, in a few days, assume the consistency of honey. If the rubber does not dissolve, add more benzine. If, when dissolved, the cement is too thin, add more gum. A piece of rubber one inch in diameter will make a pint of cement. This dries in a few minutes, and is very useful in uniting pieces of leather, as it is both elastic and durable. Cement for Leather and Cloth. — An adhesive material for uniting the parts of boots and shoes, and for the seams of articles of clothing, may be made thus : Take one pound of gutta percha, four ounces of India-rubber, two ounces of pitch, one ounce of shellac, two ounces of oil. The ingredients are to be melted together and used hot. Strong Glue can be made by adding powdered chalk to common glue. For Crockery. — A good cement for mending broken crockery- MISCELLANEOUS HOUSEHOLD RECIPES. 565 ware may be made by mixing together equal quantities of melted glue, white of egg and white lead, and boiling them together. To Obtain Paste for Paper. — To ten parts by weight of gum arabic add three parts of sugar in order to prevent the gum from cracking ; then add water until the desired consistency is obtained✪ Paste for Paper. If a very strong paste is required, add a quantity of flour equal in weight to the gum, without boiling the mixture. The paste improves in strength when it begins to ferment.

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Cement for Labels. — i. Macerate five parts of glue in eighteen parts of water. Boil and add nine parts rock candy and five parts gum arable. 2. Mix dextrine with water and add a drop or two of glycerine. 3. A mixture of one part of dry chloride of calcium, or two parts of the same salt in the crystallized form, and thirty-six parts of gum arable, dissolved in water to a proper consistency, form a mucilage which holds well, does not crack by drying, and yet does not attract sufficient moisture from the air to become wet in damp weather. 4. For attaching labels to tin and other bright metallic surfaces, first rub the surface with a mixture of muriatic acid and alcohol ; then apply the label with a very thin coating of the paste, and it 564 THE hearthstone; or, life at home, will adhere almost as well as on glass. 5. To make cement for attaching labels to metals, take ten parts tragacanth mucilage, ten parts of honey and one part flour. The flour appears to hasten the drying and renders it less susceptible to damp. Another cement that will resist the damp still better, but will not adhere if the surface is greasy, is made by boiling together two parts shellac, one part borax and sixteen parts water. Cement for Jars and Bottles. — Use one-fourth beeswax and three-fourths resin, melted together. Mucilage of Gum Arabic. — Gum arabic, twelve troy ounces; glycerine, eight fluid ounces ; water, sixteen ounces. To Cement Wood to Glass. — Make a solution of isinglass in acetic acid so thick as to be solid when cold. Heat this and apply it. It will adhere firmly, uniting both materials equally. Rubber Cement. — A cement of this kind, that is recommended as being economical and excellent, is made by cutting a quantity of pure India-rubber, in its natural state, into small pieces, putting them in a wide-mouthed bottle, and filling it about half-full of the purest benzine; the rubber will swell up almost immediately, and, if well shaken, will, in a few days, assume the consistency of honey. If the rubber does not dissolve, add more benzine. If, when dissolved, the cement is too thin, add more gum. A piece of rubber one inch in diameter will make a pint of cement. This dries in a few minutes, and is very useful in uniting pieces of leather, as it is both elastic and durable. Cement for Leather and Cloth. — An adhesive material for uniting the parts of boots and shoes, and for the seams of articles of clothing, may be made thus : Take one pound of gutta percha, four ounces of India-rubber, two ounces of pitch, one ounce of shellac, two ounces of oil. The ingredients are to be melted together and used hot. Strong Glue can be made by adding powdered chalk to common glue. For Crockery. — A good cement for mending broken crockery- ware may be made by mixing together equal quantities of melted glue, white of egg and white lead, and boiling them together. To Obtain Paste for Paper. — To ten parts by weight of gum arabic add three parts of sugar in order to prevent the gum from cracking ; then add water until the desired consistency is obtained. If a very strong paste is required, add a quantity of flour equal in weight to the gum, without boiling the mixture. The paste improves in strength when it begins to ferment.

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