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
_Dark Plum._--Lay down overnight in 30 lb. sumac. Next morning wring and
enter in a fresh bath of oxy-muriate of tin 20 deg. Tw., give four turns,
lift and wash well in two waters. Boil out 40 lb. ground logwood, 10 lb.
ground fustic, cool bath down to 140 deg. F.; enter cotton, give eight
turns, lift and add 1-1/2 gallons red liquor; re-enter yarn, give four
turns, lift, wash and dry.
_Pale Chamois._--Work the cotton seven turns in a cold bath of 3 lb.
copperas, then wring and pass into a cold bath of 3 lb. soda ash; work
well, wash and dry.
_Dark Brown Olive._--Prepare a bath of 28 lb. fustic, 3/4 lb. logwood,
18 lb. cutch, 4 lb. turmeric, 2 lb. copper sulphate, 3/4 lb. alum; work
for an hour at the boil, then sadden in a new bath of 1 lb. bichromate
of potash for half an hour, then sadden in a new bath of 1/4 lb. nitrate
of iron, working in the cold for half an hour, lift, wash and dry.
_Havana Brown._--Prepare a bath with 4 lb. cutch and 1 lb. bluestone;
work at the boil for one hour, then pass through a warm bath of 1/2 lb.
bichromate of potash, 1 lb. sulphuric acid. Wash and dye in a bath of
3/4 lb. Bismarck brown and 4 lb. alum; work for one hour at about 180 deg.
F., wash and dry.
_Black._--Prepare a dye-bath with 20 lb. extract of logwood, 4 lb.
cutch, 5 lb. soda ash, 5 lb. copper sulphate. Heat to the boil, enter
the cotton, and work well for three hours, then lift, and allow to lie
overnight in a wet condition, wash and pass into a bath of 1 lb.
bichromate of potash for half an hour; lift, wash and dry. The dye-bath
is not exhausted, and only about one-third of the various drugs need be
added for further batches of cotton.
_Reseda Green._--Prepare a bath with 15 lb. cutch, 8 lb. turmeric; work
in this for fifteen minutes at about 150 deg. F., then pass through a hot
bath of 2 lb. bichromate of potash for one hour, then re-enter into a
cutch bath to which has been added, 1 lb. sulphate of iron; work for one
hour, then add 2 lb. alum and work half an hour longer, rinse, wash and
dry.
_Fawn Brown._--Prepare a dye-bath with 4 lb. cutch, 2 lb. fustic
extract; work for one hour at hand heat, then lift, and pass through a
bath of 1-1/4 lb. bichromate of potash; work for a quarter of an hour,
rinse and pass into a fresh bath of 1 oz. Bismarck brown for ten
minutes, then lift, wash and dry.
_Beige._--Prepare a bath with 20 lb. sumac; enter cotton at 120 deg. F.,
give six turns, lift and add 1/2 lb. copperas; re-enter cotton, give
four turns and wring. Prepare a fresh bath containing 2 lb. extract of
fustic, 3 oz. extract of indigo; enter cotton at 120 deg. F., give three
turns, raise temperature to 140 deg. F., and turn to shade, lift, wash and
dry.
_Turkey Red._--One of the most important colours dyed on cotton is that
known as Turkey red, a bright red of a bluish tone, characterised by its
great fastness to light, washing, etc. Strong alkalies turn it more
yellowish, but weak acids and alkalies have little action.
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