Light Blue Dye
From Ransom's family receipt book, 1885, 1885
The more chemic, the darker the color.
Presented as published in 1885. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from Ransom's family receipt book, 1885 (1885) by D. Ransom, Son & Co, page 29. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
light blue, by dipping j in home-made dye-tub ; then dry ; dip in alum, four ounces, with water to cover, when little warm. If color is not full enough add cbemic. YELLOW. — For,pne pound goods — alum, three ounces; sugar of lead, three-fourths ounce ; immerse goods in solution over night ; take out ; j drain, and make a new dye with fustic, one pound ; dip until required color i is obtained. CRIMSON.— For one pound goods — alum, three ounces ; dip at hand heat one hour ; take out and drain while making new dye by boiling ten minutes, cochineal, three ounces, bruised nut-galls, two ounces, anti cream-tartar, one-fourth ounce, in one pail of water; when little cool, begin to dip, raising heat to boil ; dip one hour ; wash and dry. SKY BL"E ON SILK OR COTTON. —VERY BEAUTIFUL.-Give goods as much color from a solution of blue vitriol, two ounces, to water, one gallon, as it will take up in dipping fifteen minutes, then run it through lime water. This will make a beautiful and durable sky blue. ROWN ON SILK OR COTTON.— VERY BEAUTIFUL. — After B obtaining a blue color as above, run goods through a solution of prus- , siate of potash, one ounce, to water, one gallon. IGHT BLUE. — For cold water, pne gallon, dissolve alum, one-half table¬ spoon, in hot water, one teacuo, and add to it, then add chemic, one L teaspoon at a time
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