Black Dye

Ingredients

• For five pounds goods
• three pounds sumach

Method

1. 1

   Boil in a decoction for half an hour, steep for twelve hours, dip in lime water for half an hour, let drip for one hour, and run through lime water again for fifteen minutes.

2. 2

   Make a new dye with logwood and dip again for three hours.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Ransom's family receipt book, 1886 (1886) by D. Ransom, Son & Co, page 29. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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 througi 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 ; ad> 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. KY BLUE.— For three pounds goods, blue vitriol, four ounces ; boil fev minutes, then dip goods three hours ; then pass them through stron lime water. A beautiful BROWN can be obtained by next putting good through a solution of prusstate of potash. c BEEN. — Dip goods in home-made fblue ; dye until blue obtained to make the green as dark as lequired ; 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 hqur; when cooled so as to bea hand, put in goods, move briskly few minutes, and let lie one hour; talc 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 ; di I 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 enougii repeat. ORANGE.— For five pounds goods

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