284. _To dye Gloves to look like York Tan._--Put some saffron into one pint of soft water boiling hot, and let it infuse all night; next morning wet the leather with a brush. The tops should be sewn close to prevent the color from getting in. _To dye White Gloves a beautiful Purple._--Boil 4 ozs. of logwood and 2 ozs. of roche-alum in 3 pints of soft water till half-wasted. Let it stand to be cold after straining. Let the gloves be nicely mended; then do them over with a brush, and when dry repeat it. Twice is sufficient, unless the color is to be very dark. When dry, rub off the loose dye with a coarse cloth. Beat up the white of an egg, and with a sponge rub it over the leather. The dye will stain the hands, but wetting them with vinegar before they are washed will take it off. 285. _To dye Straw and Chip Bonnets Black._--Boil them in strong logwood liquor three or four hours, occasionally adding green copperas, and taking the bonnets out to cool in the air, and this must be continued for some hours. Let the bonnets remain in the liquor all night, and the next morning take them out, dry them in the air, and brush them with a soft brush. Lastly, rub them inside and out with a sponge moistened with oil, and then send them to be blocked. 286. _To make Nankeen Dye._--Boil equal parts of arnatto and common potash in water, till the whole are dissolved. This will produce the _pale reddish buff_ so much in use, and sold under the name of _Nankeen Dye_. 287. _To dye Cotton a fine Buff Color._--Let the twist or yarn be boiled in pure water, to cleanse it; then wring it, run it through a dilute solution of iron in the vegetable acid, which printers call _iron liquor_; wring, and run it through lime-water, to raise it; wring it again, and run it through a solution of starch and water; then wring it once more, and dry, wind, warp, and weave it for use. 288. _To dye Worsted or Woollen Black._--Put in half a gallon of water a piece of bi-chromate of potash, the size of a horse-bean. Boil the articles in this seven or eight minutes. Take them out and wash them. Then in another half-gallon of water put in one table-spoonful and a half of ground logwood; boil the articles in this the same length of time as before. Then wash them in cold water. 289. _To dye Hair and Feathers Green._--Take of verdigris or verditer 1 oz., gum water, 1 pint; mix them well, and dip the hair or feathers into the mixture, shaking them well about. 290. _Waterproof Clothing._--First make the cloak, coat, or trowsers of _linen_; then soak them well for a day or two in _boiled_ oil; then hang them up in a dry place till perfectly dry, without wringing the oil out; then paint them, without turpentine or dryers being in the paint, black, or any other color you like, and lay the paint on thinly, and let it dry. (This is the method practised by seamen.)