Javelle Water

Ingredients

• 1 pound chloride of lime
• 1 pound sal soda
• 2 quarts of cold water

Method

1. 1

   Dissolve the chloride in half the water cold, and the sal soda in the other half boiling.

2. 2

   Stir together thoroughly, allow the mixture to stand several hours, pour off the clear water with care, and bottle it.

3. 3

   Use a tablespoonful of the solution to a gallon of water, and heat the yellow fabric in this mixture after thorough washing, for half an hour, not allowing the temperature to rise above 100°F.

4. 4

   Rinse very thoroughly before bluing and drying.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Foods and household management (1914) by Helen Kinne, page 233. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Javelle water is another house- hold bleach, chloride of lime being the bleaching substance. This is also a good disinfectant. To use cream of tartar. — Dissolve cream of tartar in hot water, 1 teaspoonful to each quart. After the yellowed fabrics have been thoroughly washed and rinsed, lay them overnight in a solution of this strength, rinse, blue, and dry in the morning. Javelle water. — i pound chloride of lime, 1 pound sal soda, 2 quarts of cold water

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.