6324. To Cleanse Goose Feathers

6324.     To Cleanse Goose Feathers. Feathers arc prepared by exposing them to tho sunshine or in a stove until perfectly dry, and then beating them to remove dust and loose dirt. When carelessly collected and dirty, they may bo cleansed with lime-water; or, still better, with a weak solution of carbonate of soda, or with water containing a little solution of chloride of lime; after which they are rinsed in clean water, and dried as before. (See No. 659 (To Cleanse Feathers from Animal Oil).) Old feathers are purified and cleansed in tho same way.

6325. Coloring Castor Oil

6325.    Coloring Castor Oil. Make a strong tincture of turmeric root with strong alcohol, and add a few drops to the oil until you have the desired color. Rather than being a disadvantage, it will prove a benefit, tending to prevent griping.

6326. Labels for Damp Situations

6326. Labels for Damp Situations. Write on the back of adhesive plaster. Labels made of this substance are not affected by damp, and adhere strongly.

6327. To Reproduce a Beautiful White on Flannel Goods Turned Yellow by Age

6327. To Reproduce a Beautiful White on Flannel Goods Turned Yellow by Age. For the restoration of old flannels to their original color, Professor Artus recommends the following method: Dissolve 21/4 pounds white Marseilles soap in 75 pounds soft water, and to the solution add, under constant stirring, 1 ounce liquor ammonia. The goods are soaked in this fluid, and afterwards well washed with water. The object may be accomplished, however, more quickly, by putting the goods for 1 hour in a dilute solution of bisulphite of soda, and adding, under constant stirring, some dilute hydrochloric acid, when the vessel has to be covered and the goods left in it for 15 minutes longer. They are then thoroughly washed in water.

6328. Sizing for Holland Linen

6328.    Sizing for Holland Linen. The sizing or dressing employed for the Holland used for window shades is prepared as follows: Take 1 part crystallized carbonate of soda; 4 to 6 parts each white wax, stearine, and pure white soap; 20 parts carbonate of magnesia or fine Paris white; 40 parts potato starch, and 160 parts fine wheat starch. Boil these together with sufficient water to make 1600 parts altogether. A little ultramarine is added, if needed, to counteract the yellow tint of the linen, which is starched with this preparation, passed between rollers, and dried. It is then sprinkled with soap water, placed in a stamping mill, and afterwards steamed and calendered.

6329. Starch

6329.   Starch. Lustre is a substance used for washing purposes, which, when added to starch, causes the linen to which it is applied to assume not only a high polish, but a dazzling whiteness. A piece of lustre of the size of a copper cent added to 1/2 pound starch, and boiled with it for 2 or 3 minutes, will produce the best results. The starch lustre consists of stearine, colored by a slight addition of ultramarine blue, the essential ingredient being the stearine; and, with or without the coloring matter, will be found to add very much to the beauty of linen articles to which it is applied. (See Nos. 497 (To Make Starch for Linen, Cotton, etc.), etc..)