The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics: A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and StudentBeech, Franklin
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The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics: A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student
Beech, Franklin
Dyes and dyeing -- Cotton
_Olive._--Work for twenty minutes at 80 deg. F. in a bath of 10 lb. fustic
extract, 5 lb. quercitron extract, 2 lb. logwood extract; heat to boil,
work for half an hour, then enter in a cold bath of 2 lb. sodium
bichromate and 5 lb. copper sulphate; work for twenty minutes, then heat
to boil; work for twenty minutes more, wash and dry.
_Pale Brown._--Treat in a hot bath of 25 lb. cutch, 1-3/4 lb. bluestone;
work for half an hour in this bath, then lift, wring, and work in a bath
of 1-3/4 lb. bichromate of potash for twenty to thirty minutes. Dye in a
bath of 2-1/4 lb. alum, 7 oz. Chrysoidin, 14 oz. Ponceau B.
_Fast Brown._--The cotton is heated in a boiling bath containing 20 lb.
cutch, 4 oz. copper sulphate for one hour, it is then treated in a bath
containing 8 oz. bichromate of potash for half an hour, then dyed in a
bath containing 2 oz. Benzo black blue, 6 oz. Benzo brown N B, 2 lb.
soap, 8 lb. salt, for one hour at the boil, washed and dried.
_Drab._--Dissolve 1/2 lb. cutch, 7 lb. bluestone, 8 lb. extract of
fustic; enter goods at 120 deg. F., give six turns, lift and drain. Prepare
a fresh bath containing 2 lb. copperas; enter goods, give three turns,
lift, and enter fresh bath at 120 deg., containing 2 lb. bichromate of
potash, give four turns, drain, wash and dry.
_Coffee Brown._--For one piece, wet out in hot water, run for half an
hour upon a jigger in a bath of 6 lb. good cutch, take up and drain in a
bath of 8 lb. black iron liquor; drain, run again through each bath and
rinse well. Prepare a fresh bath with Bismarck brown, enter at 100 deg. F.,
heat slowly to 200 deg. F., drain, rinse and dry.
_Dark Brown Olive._--Prepare the dye-bath with 12 lb. cutch, 2 lb.
bluestone, 2-1/2 lb. alum, 10 lb. quercitron extract, 2 lb. indigo
carmine 4 lb. turmeric, 1/4 lb. Bismarck brown; boil for one and a half
hours, then lift and add 1 lb. copperas; re-enter the goods, give
another half-hour, boil, then add 1-1/2 lb. bichromate of potash, work
two hours more, then wash and dry.
_Red Drab._--Boil up 10 lb. cutch and 5 lb. sumac; enter the cotton at
140 deg. F., work fifteen minutes and lift. Prepare a fresh bath of 4 lb.
black iron liquor; enter the cotton cold, work ten minutes and lift.
Prepare another bath with 3 lb. bichromate of potash; enter cotton at
160 deg. F., work fifteen minutes, lift and wash. Finish in a fresh bath
containing 3 lb. logwood, 6 lb. red liquor; enter cotton at 100 deg. F.,
work ten minutes, lift, wash and dry.
_Fawn._--Boil up 5 lb. cutch and 5 oz. bluestone, cool to 100 deg. F.;
enter, give six turns, lift, and add 2 lb. copperas; re-enter cotton,
give four turns, lift and wring. Prepare a fresh bath with 1 lb.
bichromate of potash; enter cotton at 110 deg. F., give five turns, lift,
wash and dry.
_Grey Slate._--Boil up 10 lb. sumac, 3 lb. fustic extract; cool down to
120 deg. F., give eight turns, lift and wring. Prepare a fresh bath with 5
lb. copperas; enter cotton cold, give five turns, lift and wash.
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