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Olive (Work for an hour in a bath) (II)
Work for an hour in a bath with 4 ounces chrome, 2 ounces alum; lift and expose to the air; then work for an hour in a bath with 3 pounds fustic, 14 pounds camwood, 1 pound logwood; lift out and dry. 229.
Purple. Work the goods half an hour in a bath with 1 ounce bichromate of potassa, 1 ounce alum; lift out and wash in cold water; and then work half an hour in a bath with 2 pounds logwood, 1 pound peachwood; lift, and add 1 ounce alum in solution; work in this for 20 minutes; wash and dry.
If a lighter and redder shade be required, use less logwood and more peachwood. For a darker shade use more of each. 105), and then washed out. ceipts are for five pounds of silk. If the The quantities given in the following regoods are tightly spun, such as ribbons, dress silk, & c., the quantities must be slightly increased creased.
There must be sufficient water used to cover the goods laying loosely. When goods are washed from the dye, it is always to be in cold water, unless otherwise stated. solution of 8 ounces copperas; wash well out