This section is from the "Henley's Twentieth Century Formulas Recipes Processes" encyclopedia, by Norman W. Henley and others.
White shellac....... 12 ounces
Vegetable black..... 6 ounces
Methylated spirit.... 3 pints
Lampblack......... 1 pound
Ground iron scale___ 5 pounds
Vinegar............ 1 gallon
Put into a vessel, say 4 pounds of bichromate of potash, and as many ounces of burnt umber, let it stand a day or two, then strain or lawn for use.
Spirit of wine........ 2 pints
Burnt umber........ 3 ounces
Vandyke brown color 1 ounce
Carbonate of soda. .. 1 ounce
Potash............. 1/2 ounce
Rub the wood with a solution of nitrous acid, and then apply with a brush the following:
Dragon's blood...... 1 ounce
Sodium carbonate. . . 6 drachms
Alcohol............ 20 ounces
Filter just before use.
Rub the wood with a solution of potassium carbonate, 1 drachm to a pint of water, and then apply a dye made by boiling together:
Madder............ 2 ounces
Logwood chips...... 1/2 ounce
Water.............. 1 quart
Pale button lac..... 3 pounds
Bismarck brown..... 1/8 ounce
Vandyke brown.... 1/2 ounce
Gamboge......... 4 ounces
Methylated spirit. . . 1 gallon
Use 1 gallon of methylated spirit, 4 ounces gamboge (powdered), 1/2 ounce Vandyke brown, 1 drachm Bismarck brown, 3 pounds shellac.
To produce a rich maroon or ruby, steep red Janders wood in rectified naphtha and stir into the solution a little cochineal; strain or lawn for use.
 
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