262. Violet, Lilac, Wine Color, etc.

262.    Violet, Lilac, Wine Color, etc.. Work the goods for 20 minutes in plumb liquor (see No. Ill) in a copper pan or stoneware vessel; wash out repeatedly until the goods cease to taste of the liquor, then dry. To obtain a rich blue shade, add to the plumb liquor 1 fluid ounce either sulphate or extract of indigo. For a red shade, first dye a lavender by cudbear without soap. (See No. 261 (Fine Lavender).)

263. French and Pearl White

263.    French and Pearl White. Dissolve in hot water sufficient white soap to make a lather; then add 1/2 fluid ounce archil liquor; work the goods for 10 minutes, and wash out. A little cudbear may be used instead of archil, less or more, according to the shade required.

264. French and Pearl White

264.    French and Pearl White. Put 1 fluid ounce plumb liquor (see No. Ill) into a vessel of cold water; work the goods in it for 10 minutes; wash out and dry. For these shades the goods must be perfectly white (see No. 233 (Preparing and Dyeing Silk)) previous to dyeing.

265. Weld Yellow

265.    Weld Yellow. Work the silk for an hour in a solution of alum, about 1 pound to the gallon; wring out and wash in warm water. Boil 2 pounds weld, strain the liquor, and work the silk in it for 30 minutes; lift, and add 1 pint of the alum in solution, to the weld liquor; work the silk 10 minutes longer, wring out and dry.

This gives a rich lemon yellow; deeper shades are made by using more weld : straw and amber tints are obtained by the* use of a little annotto.

266. Bark Yellow

266.    Bark Yellow. The process is the same as for dyeing weld yellow, using 2 pounds bark instead of the weld. The bark should be boiled in a bag.

267. Deep Rich Yellow

267.    Deep Rich Yellow. Proceed as in the receipt for bark yellow; except that, after lifting, instead of a pint of the alum solution, 2 fluid ounces single chloride of tin are added to the bark liquor; work 10 minutes, wash in water, and finish in a solution of white soap.

268. Gold and Straw

268.    Gold and Straw. To warm water containing white soap, add 2 pints annotto liquor (see No. 95 (To prepare Annotto)), work in this 15 minutes; wash out, then work for 20 minutes in a decoction of 8 ounces bark; lift, and add 1 fluid ounce red spirits (see No. 108 (Red Spirits)); work 10 minutes more, wash out and finish. Different quantities of annotto and bark produce different shades.

269. Nankeen, Buff, etc.

269.    Nankeen, Buff, etc.. Make a solution of soap in warm water, add to it 1 pint annotto liquor (see No. 95 (To prepare Annotto)); work in this for 20 minutes, wring out and finish; a deeper shade is obtained by using more annotto.

270. Salmon, Flesh, etc.

270.    Salmon, Flesh, etc.. Dye a nankeen according to the previous receipt, and add 2 ounces alum in solution to the cold water used for finishing.