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week wring it out, and let it lay in the hot sun two hours; put it back in the
dye, and at the end of another week, sun it again; keep it in until sufficiently
dark, when wash it in soap-suds. This makes a pretty brown that will not fade,
and is stronger than when dyed with copperas.
To Dye Red.
To four pounds of yarn, take one pound of fine alum, and boil it in as much
water as will cover the yarn; put in the yarn, and let it boil gently half an
hour; then take it out and dry it; make a dye of two pounds of madder, and two
ounces of crude tartar pulverized, and boil it; then put in the yarn, and let it
boil half an hour; take it out and air it, and if it is not dark enough, put it
in again, and boil it longer.
Brazil Wood Dye.
Tie two pounds of red or Brazil wood in a thin bag, and boil it for several
hours in a brass or copper kettle in water; take out the Brazil wood and add a
pound of alum, then put the rags in, and let them boil some time; hang them in
the sun, and dry without washing them. This will dye woolen red, and cotton
pink.
Washing in soap suds will change it to purple.
Lead Color.
Take four ounces of red wood, two of logwood, half an ounce of pounded
nut-galls, and quarter of a pound of green copperas; boil them in ten gallons of
water, and strain it; wash the wool or cloth in soap-suds, put it in, and let it
remain till it is as dark as you wish it; dry it in the sun, and wash it in
soap-suds.
Sugar paper, boiled in vinegar, makes a good lead color for stockings.
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