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 Liquid Manufacturer. .. 
 
 A most valuable Collection of Upwards of THIRTY 
 
 GENUINE RECEIPT^ 
 
 For Liquid JSlachings, 
 Perfumed and other Blacking Pastes, 
 BLACKING BALLS and POWDERS ; 
 
 Amongst which will be found, the ORIGINAL FORM for the 
 
 REAL JAPAN BLACKING, 
 
 AS MADE BY THE MOST NOTED FIRM IN LONDON, 
 
 AND ALSO 
 
 Those of several other Blacking and Boot Top Liquid Makers, 
 
 By means of 1 which, three Quarts of very excellent 
 Blacking, may be made for 2s. Qd. 
 
 Being little more than one Fourth the usual Price; 
 
 The true Method of preparing 
 
 THE NORFOLK FLUID , 
 
 For rendering Leather, Soft, Pliable, aud Water-Proof. ' 
 Also for the fallowing Articles, evidently of such great Utility, viz. 
 
 Clothes Powder , and Chemical Clothes Balls, 
 
 For cleaning and taking out Spots of Grease, 
 
 From all Kinds of Cloth, Kerseymere, and Coro ; 
 
 BREECHES BALLS, 
 
 For cleaning Leather Breeches, Gaiters, Gloves, 8$c. 
 
 REAL SILVER AND OTHER PLATE POWDERS, 
 
 Furniture Balls, Paste, be. 
 
 A Saving of more than 2 Parts iu 3 will be found in the Manufacture 
 of every Article here mentioned, with which ample Directions are 
 given, so as to make the whole plain and familiar to every Capacity. 
 
 LONDON : 
 
 Printed and published by IV. Glindon, 48, Rupert-Street, 
 Hay market ; 
 
 And sold by Champante and Whitrow, Jewry-Street ; Chappie, 
 Royal Exchange; Wilson, Ditto;. Hughes, Ludgate*Hiilt Johnson, 
 Cheapside; Mason, Holv well-Street ; and all other Booksellers. 
 
 Entered at Stationers * Hall , 
 
INTRODUCTION 
 
 It is a fact no less strange than true, 
 that notwithstanding the rapid pro- 
 gress made in the arts and manu- 
 factures, and the constant variety of 
 publications daily issuing from the 
 press, fraught with every species of 
 valuable and domestic information, 
 there has never yet appeared a com- 
 plete or separate work, on a subject 
 so truly desirous as that comprised in 
 the following sheets ; which will 'be 
 found to treat only on articles ot 
 general and experienced utility. 
 
 The manufacture of them is at 
 present but very imperfectly under- 
 stood by most persons, although 
 forming articles of the utmost im- 
 portance to every man, in every 
 class of society. 
 
 The gentleman has here a liberal 
 bill of fare set before him, out of 
 which he can readily select such ar- 
 ticles as are indispensably necessary 
 to add neatness and elegance to hi* 
 dress. 
 
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 The tradesman will also find a true 
 friend, who, attentive to his interest, 
 will add respectability to his appear- 
 *nce,at a moderate expence; by means 
 )f compositions divested of their most 
 njurious properties, and with which 
 ie is made thoroughly acquainted. 
 
 The servant will meet with a sure 
 ruide in pointing out to him the true 
 art of pleasing, and fulfilling his duty, 
 to the satisfaction of hisemployer, and 
 consequently with pleasure to himself, 
 an object that every one must be de- 
 sirous of acquiring, but which, from 
 want of instructions he may some- 
 times be imperfect in. In truth, it is 
 never too late to learn, and there can 
 be no reason why intormation should 
 be rejected, though not immediately 
 required. 
 
 In selecting the present collection, 
 no expence has been spared to obtain 
 the most approved for each purpose, 
 and every endeavour used to render 
 them as simple and plain as possible, 
 so as to make them intelligible to 
 every capacity, and throw no dim* 
 
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 culty in the way of obtaining the 
 materials for their manufacture. 
 
 Plain directions are added to every 
 receipt, and each article is treated 
 on distinctly; by an attentive ad- 
 herence to the rules laid down, 
 the end desired will be invariably 
 attained, a circumstance that cannot > 
 fail to merit the approbation of the 
 public. 
 
 The Blackings are most of them 
 original Receipts, and may be de- 
 pended upon, as none are inserted 
 but what have been repeatedly 
 proved. The first receipt is un- 
 doubtedly of long established repu- 
 tation, and certainly stands foremost 
 in every respect ; the succeeding will 
 be found equal to every thing that is 
 said of them. 
 
 The Noir Liquide a la Francois, 
 or French Liquid Blacking , is a fac- 
 simile, of one presented by a French 
 gentleman, and is entitled to great 
 merit. 
 
 The Blacking Paste will be found 
 highly useful, and packed, as di- 
 rected, will remain good for years, 
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 from which a liquid may be made 
 very expeditiously of superior quality. 
 
 The Blacking Powder aud Balls , 
 possess properties very similar, with 
 this addition, that, from their being 
 quite dry, they are still less liable to 
 accident, when packed in clothes 
 trunks, &c. 
 
 The Boot Top Liquids are such as 
 stand first in point of real merit, 
 several of the receipts are from the 
 originals of public manufacturers. 
 
 The Oxygenated Muriatic Acid , 
 will be found of great utility in re- 
 moving all vegetable stains, and the 
 Light Orange Liquid will give a most 
 beautiful tinge to the tops ; in fact, 
 all are fully competent ^to the office 
 assigned them. 
 
 The Norfolk Fluid is a composition 
 of established reputation, and pos- 
 sessing qualities of the most import- 
 ant nature, both as relating to health 
 and economy. 
 
 The Clothes and Breeches Balls , 
 are of acknowledged utility, the 
 art of making which, although o! 
 so much importance, has never yet 
 
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 been given to the public in a true 
 shape, a subject that might, perhaps, 
 create some surprise, if it was not the 
 case with the greater part of the ar- 
 ticles contained in this publication. 
 
 The Plate Powders are so generally 
 adopted as to need little explanation 
 respecting their utility : these will 
 
 be found to combine all the good 
 qualities stated to be possessed by 
 those advertised for sale, without 
 their defects, and may be made at a 
 much cheaper rate. 
 
 The Furniture Balls , Paste , and 
 Liquid , have been long in use at 
 some of the first cabinet makers , 
 the manner of using them is very 
 simple, and only requires the addition 
 of cheerful labour. Their hue may 
 be varied at pleasure, by adding moie 
 alkanet root , to produce darker, and 
 omitting a small portion where lighter 
 is required. 
 
 The Proprietor once more assures 
 the reader of his sincere wish to 
 please, and as some persons may be 
 guided in their compositions by the 
 price, he has at the end given a list 
 of the materials with which they are 
 formed and also the prices. 
 
THE 
 
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 GENUINE RECEIPT, 
 
 FOR THE 
 
 Heal Japan Blackings 
 
 AS MANUFACTURED 
 
 dy the Most Noted Firm in London 
 
 Take Shumac, four ounces. 
 
 Copperas, two ounces, 
 
 Single glue size, eight ounces, 
 Treacle, eight ounces. 
 
 Ivory black, one pound. 
 
 Water, four pints. 
 
 Common olive oil, two ounces. 
 Spirits of vitriol, four ounces, 
 Common vinegar, four pints. 
 
 Boil the shumac in the water in an earthen 
 pipkin till it is nearly half reduced, add the 
 copperas (having first bruised it), and boil 
 again a minute or two till the copperas is 
 
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 dissolved, then strain it off, and add to it the 
 glue size, put the treacle in a bason, mix 
 with it first the oil, then the ivory black, and 
 stir them all well together, then add the 
 boiled liquor, next tbe vinegar, and when it 
 has stood twelve hours, the spirits of vitriol, 
 — let it continue in the bason twenty-four 
 hours, and it will be ready for bottling. 
 
 This is a blacking of very great repute in 
 almost all parts of the world, and on which 
 great praise has been very deservedly be- 
 stowed. It has decidedly been ascertained 
 from experience, to be less injurious to the 
 leather, than most public blackings, and if 
 certainly produces a fine jet polish, which is 
 rarely equalled, and never yet surpassed : it 
 is withal manufactured at a very cheap rate, 
 recommendations that can but make it a very 
 desirable object to all who admire neatness, 
 blended with economy. 
 
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 THE 
 
 ORIGINAL RECEIPT 
 
 OF A VERY 
 
 Celebrated Blacking 
 
 MANUFACTURER. 
 
 Who has Practised it for upwards 
 of Ten Years . 
 
 Take Ivory black, six ounces, 
 
 Treacle, three ounces. 
 
 Gum arabac, half an ounce. 
 
 Vinegar, half a pint, 
 
 Porter, one pint. 
 
 Oil of vitriol, half an ounce. 
 
 Mix the ivory black and treacle first well 
 together, dissolve the gum in a small quantity 
 of warm water, and add to ^them, by 
 degrees, the porter, afterwards the vinegar, 
 and lastly the oil of vitriol. Observe,' to add 
 the oil of vitriol only by a small portion at a 
 time, and agitate the mixture after each addi- 
 tion, — bottle it, but do not cork for four-and- 
 twenty hours at least. This is a truly valu- 
 able blacking, and is daily encreasing in the 
 public esteem, v 
 
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 A TRUE RECEIPT. 
 
 FROM THE 
 
 MANUSCRIPT 
 
 Of a Very Eminent Blacking Maker, 
 
 FOR THE BRITISH 
 
 Liquid Blacking. 
 
 Take Oil of vitriol, once ounce, 
 
 Lamp black, two ounces, 
 
 Ivory black, five ounces, „ 
 
 Glue size, four ounces. 
 
 The dregs of vinegar, one quart, 
 
 Break well the lumps of lamp black, and add 
 to it the glue size (previously melted by gentle 
 heat), ivory black, and vinegar in small portions, 
 and be careful, on adding each portion, to stir 
 it well, with a large spoon or ladle, so as to 
 reduce it very smooth, otherwise the lamp 
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 black from being so light a substance, will 
 float in the liquid and not', unite, which must 
 consequently detract very much] from the 
 merits of the blacking; next add the vinegar, 
 and lastly the oil of vitriol, stirring it all the 
 while. The remark on the lamp black should 
 be attended to, and the like observed at all 
 times when it is directed to be used ; of 
 which I shall have occasion to say more 
 hereafter; it is also to be noticed, that oil of 
 vitriol should always be added in small quan- 
 tities, at different times, and stirred well 
 after each addition, least the effervescence 
 should be too sudden, and thereby not only 
 be wasted, but injurious to the composition. 
 
 This blacking does not stand quite so 
 elevated perhaps, as the preceding ; it will b 
 found, however, to produce a very high jet 
 polish, although some objections might be 
 started as to its containing too much acid, a 
 foult easily remedied by the ©mission of the 
 oil of vitriol, which may be done, without 
 lessening its virtues. 
 
 
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 Noir Liqiiide d la Francois* 
 
 OR, 
 
 FRENCH 
 Liquid Blacking. 
 
 Take Blue galls. 
 
 Logwood chips, of each one ounce. 
 Copperas, one ounce. 
 
 Honey, four ounces, 
 
 White sugar candy, four ounces , 
 Ivory black, fourteen ounces. 
 
 Indigo, half an ounce, 
 
 Water, two quarts, 
 
 Vinegar* one pint, 
 
 Florence oil, three table spoonsful. 
 Lavender water, two ounces. 
 
 Boil the logwood, galls, and copperas, in 
 the water till one third is boiled away, then 
 strain it ofF, and pour it to the vinegar, bruise 
 the sugar candy,"and dissolve it in the liquid. 
 
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 while hot, mix the oil with the honey in a 
 large vessel, add the ivory black, and stir all 
 well together, powder the indigo very fine, 
 and add also, then add gradually the mixture 
 of vinegar, &c, and when quite cold, the 
 lavender water, — cork well in small stone 
 bottles, and it will keep for years. 
 
 This receipt was given by a native of 
 France, is now circulated through a number of 
 nobleman’s families, and very generally ap- 
 proved, it is like many French productions, 
 rather novel in its composition, but it needs 
 only a trial to prove how deserving it is of 
 public favour, — the only obstacle to its more 
 general adoption is the price of its materials ; 
 a difficulty, that once surmounted, will shew 
 forth its qualities.- 
 
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 An Excellent Receipt 
 
 FOR 
 
 DOMESTIC LIQUID 
 
 BLACKING. 
 
 Take Ivory black, 
 
 Treacle, of each four ounces, 
 
 The juice of two lemons. 
 
 Oil of vitriol, one ounce, 
 
 Powder blue, half an ounce, 
 
 Table beer, one quart. 
 
 First mix the treacle, ivory black, and 
 powder blue together, then add the table 
 beer, next the lemon juice, and lastly, the oil 
 of vitriol. 
 
 This is a good family blacking, and is pre- 
 pared with very little trouble, and no great 
 expence. Indeed the latter might be lessened, 
 by substituting a tea cup full of vinegar for 
 the lemon juice, which would not materially 
 effect the quality, — that must, however, b* 
 left to the choice of the manufacturer. 
 
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 A PRIVATE RECEIPT 
 
 FOR 
 
 HIGHLY IMPROVED 
 
 Liquid Blacking 
 
 FOR BOOTS AND SHOES, 
 
 Which adds a Beautiful Lustre, 
 And acts as a Preserver to the Leather. 
 
 Take Ivory black, twelve ounces, 
 
 Flour paste (such' ? as is generally 
 used for pasting), half a pound. 
 Common brown sugar, three ounces. 
 Rape oil, one ounce, 
 
 Vinegar, one pint. 
 
 Table beer, one quart. 
 
 First mix the oil with the ivory black in a 
 large bowl or pan, with a wooden spoon, 
 then, add the paste, boil the sugar till dissolved, 
 in part of the beer, then by degrees add the 
 liquor to the ingredients ia the bason, lastly s 
 
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 put the remaining pint of table beer to the 
 vinegar, and mix them gradually with the 
 whole, let the blacking stand in the vessel 
 forty-eight hours, observing to stir it fre- 
 quently, and to keep covered, then bottle it 
 off, and cork close. 
 
 Blacking thus prepared will remain good in 
 any climate, for many months: it is made at 
 an unusual low price, and is so far from being 
 injurious, that it adds softness and pliability 
 to the leather, — qualities, that few compo- 
 sitions of the kind can lay claim to. 
 
RECEIPT 
 
 For Liquid Blacking 
 
 Take Table beer, one quart, 
 
 The white of three eggs, 
 
 Lamp black. 
 
 Ivory black, of each four ounces. 
 Brown sugar, four ounces, 
 
 Common gin, four table spoonsful, 
 Spirits of salts, one ounce, 
 
 First beat the whites of eggs well, and add 
 to them the sugar, the ivory black, and next 
 the lamp black : let them be well incorporated 
 together, then by little at a time add one pint 
 of the table beer, takiag care to break the 
 knots of sugar or lamp black, and working it 
 till it becomes a perfect smooth paste, put the 
 spirits of salts to the remaining pint of table 
 beer, and add likewise in small quantities r 
 pour the whole into a bottle, but do not cork 
 
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 it, let it stand till the working which takes 
 place on the addition of the spirits of salts 
 has ceased, then add the gin, and in a day or 
 two it may be close corked for use. 
 
 N.B. This blacking will be found to im- 
 prove very much in quality, by a fortnight of 
 three week’s keeping j in fact, no blacking 
 should be used till the effervescence or 
 working, which always occurs on their first 
 uniting, has subsided. 
 
 This receipt contains a very small portion 
 ©f acid, and from its being of such experienced 
 good qualities, and the facility of obtaining 
 the ingredients, it is presumed it will be found 
 a very desirable acquisition to the present col- 
 lection. 
 
MAKE 
 
 SUPERIOR 
 
 LIQUID 
 
 BLACKING 
 
 Take 
 
 Ivory black, one pound, 
 Sugar candy, six ounces* 
 Isinglass, one ounce. 
 
 Lamp black, four ounces, 
 Porter, two quarts. 
 Vinegar, 
 
 Table beer, each one quart, 
 
 Boil the isinglass in a sufficient quantity of 
 water to dissolve it, then add to it the sugar 
 candy and table beer, and boil a minute or 
 two j mix the ivory and lamp black well toge~ 
 ther, add gradually the boiled liquor, next the 
 porter, and lastly the vinegar. This is an 
 excellent blacking, produces a high polish 
 and is free from all injurious qualities. 
 
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 A 
 
 1 
 
 Very Cheap 
 BLACKING. 
 
 Take Ivory black, *+ 
 
 Lamp black, of each one pchtnd. 
 Treacle, one pound. 
 
 Table beer, seven quarts, 
 
 Norfolk fluid, three table spoonsful. 
 
 Boil the table beer, mix well the ivory and 
 lamp black, and add the Norfolk fluid, next 
 the treacle, and be careful to incorporate all 
 well together, then add by degrees the table 
 beer whi le hot, let it stand in the vessel two 
 or three days, and bottle off for use. 
 
 This is a good cheap blacking, and will be 
 found useful and economical for general 
 purposes. 
 
PERFUMED 
 
 BLACKING PASTE, 
 
 Tak* Ivory black, one pound, 
 
 Powdered sugar candy, 
 
 Treacle, of each three ounces, 
 
 OJiye oil, one ounce. 
 
 Flour paste (such as directed for 
 liquid blacking), twelve ounces. 
 Essence of lemon. 
 
 Oil of carraways, each two drachms 
 
 First mix the oil, treacle, and sugar candy 
 (in very fine powder) together, then add the 
 essence of lemon, and oil of carraways, next 
 the ivory black and paste, stirring the whole 
 together till every knot is broken, and the 
 paste quite smooth: lastly, add as much 
 vinegar as will make the whole about the con- 
 sistence of honey. The paste thus prepared, 
 should be divided into four parts, and put each 
 part into a tin box, with a lid that shuts close, 
 
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 and it will remain good for years in any cli- 
 mate. When it is wanted for use, the con- 
 tents of each box may be put into a pint and 
 half of water, table beer, or vinegar, which- 
 ever may be at hand, and boiled for about 
 three minutes, which will produce an excel- 
 lent blacking, — or when only enough is re- 
 quired for once or twice using, it might be 
 prepared in the proportions of a table spoon- 
 ful of the paste, to two or three of the above 
 mentioned liquids. 
 
 This paste has gained great repute, and it 
 certainly not only a very convenient, but a 
 yery good preparation. 
 
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 BLACKING PASTE 
 
 Take Ivory black, 
 
 Treacle, of each one poi 
 -Powder blue, two ounces. 
 Rape oil, one ounce.. 
 
 Oil of vitriol, one ounce, 
 
 Mix the rape oil and oil of vitriol together 
 in a tea cup or small bason, stir with a piece 
 of wood, and let them stand twenty-four 
 hours, then put them to the treacle, and 
 having stirred well, add the powder blue and 
 ivory black, — mix all completely, and add 
 vinegar sufficient to form a stiff paste, this 
 may also be divided into four parts, and when 
 wanted for use to be prepared in the same 
 manner as directed for the perfumed paste. 
 This is prepared cheaper, and will be found of 
 sufficient good qualities for most purposes. 
 
£5 
 
 Blacking* Balls.* 
 
 Take Hog’s lard. 
 
 Bees wax, each one ounce. 
 
 Ivory black, 
 
 Lamp black, each half a pound, 
 Brown sugar, half a pound. 
 
 Double glue size, four ounces, 
 Water, a quarter of a pint. 
 
 Melt the lard and wax together, and add to 
 the sugar, with two table spoonsful of the 
 size, (which must be previously dissolved in 
 the water ), then the lamp and ivory black, and 
 the remainder of the size : beat the whole 
 well up together, and if it is not sufficiently 
 soft, add a small portion of water, then put it 
 into moulds, or make it into cakes or balls 
 with the hand, when dry and hard, glue one 
 side oii*a small piece of board with a handle. 
 
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 ANOTHER RECEIPT 
 
 FOR MAKING 
 
 Blacking Cakes, or Balls. 
 
 Take Ivory black, half a pound. 
 
 Gum tragacanth, one ounce. 
 
 Sugar candy, two ounces, 
 
 Water, half a pint. 
 
 Boil the tragacanth in the water till half 
 reduced, or it becomes a paste, powder the 
 Omdy very fine, and mix with the ivory 
 black, next add the tragacanth to them, and 
 beat the whole well together, adding as much 
 Water as will make it soft enough to handle, 
 without crumbling in the hand, — make into 
 fiat cakes or balls, and glue on board, as di- 
 rected for the other. 
 
Blacking Powder. 
 
 Take Ivory black, twelve ounces. 
 
 Indigo, one ounce, 
 
 Sugar candy, four ounces, 
 
 Copperas, one ounce, 
 
 Powdered gum arabic, one ounce. 
 
 Let the whole be very finely powdered, 
 and mixed well together. This powder ram- 
 med very tight into a tin cannister, will retain 
 its properties for any length of time; when 
 wanted for use, it is prepared by boiling it ten 
 minutes in two quarts of beer or vinegar, and 
 a beautiful liquid blacking will be produced. 
 
ANOTHER 
 
 BLACKING POWDER 
 
 Take Ivory black. 
 
 Lamp black, each half a pound, 
 Brown sugar, one pound, 
 
 Starch, one ounce. 
 
 The starch must be well powdered, and 
 mixed first with the sugar, and next the ivory 
 and lamp black, this should likewise be packed 
 in cannisters, in the same way as the other, 
 and is also to be boiled in two quarts of beer 
 or vinegar when wanted for use. 
 
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 GENERAL REMARKS 
 
 On the manner of using the Blackings , 
 and the method of removing the 
 roughness from the Leather of 
 Boots or Shoes. 
 
 The first thing necessary to prepare the 
 leather for blacking is, unquestionably, to re- 
 move all the dirt or dust, which is best done 
 by a hard bruin, taking care to clean well out 
 the seams > this done, shake the blacking well, 
 or stir i.'c round with a stick or cane, and with 
 whichever is used, wet the brush ; or a small 
 quantity may be poured into an old ^'ate or 
 saucer, and one end of the brush dipped in 
 and rubbed well over the boot or shoe, then 
 polish while wet ; much care should be taken 
 in distributing and rubbing the blacking 
 equally over the leather j and here let it be 
 observed, that, a soft brns.li produces the 
 finest polish, and a hard one the quickest. 
 
 In using the blacking cakes, the brush 
 must be first wet with beer or vinegar, and 
 rnbbed well over the cake, then apply the 
 blacking to the boot or shoe, and polish. 
 
 These directions are all that are required, 
 and if you wish your boots or shoes well blacked 
 
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 and polished, you have only to remember these 
 four simple rules : that the dirt is well rubbed 
 off, your blacking well shook or stirred , 
 that it is well laid on, and that you polish 
 quickly with a good brush . 
 
 To remove the roughness, put the boot or 
 shoe on a tree or last, clean the dirt well off, 
 and rub it all over with a composition, con- 
 sisting of equal parts of hogs 1 lard , and good 
 double glue size melted together , then take a 
 tool called by the bootmakers a long-stick , 
 and ryb it well, holding it with both hands* 
 and applying all your strength, occasionally 
 renew the composition, and, on continuing 
 to rub a short time, you will perceive the 
 leather become quite smooth. If the boot 
 or shoe is wanted immediately, it may be 
 blacked, and will appear almost equal to new. 
 If they are not wanted, let them be rubbed all 
 over with the Norfolk Fluid, and do not black 
 them for two or three days, when they will be 
 soft and pliable for wearing, as well as smooth 
 grained. — This is a method adopted by many 
 makers, and if followed, will prove itself 
 truly valuable. 
 
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 THI 
 
 IMPROVED 
 
 Norfolk Fluid , 
 
 For Preserving all Kinds of Leather, 
 and rendering it Soft, Pliable, 
 and Water-Proof. 
 
 Take Linseed oil, three pints. 
 
 Yellow resin, four ounces, 
 Frankincense, two ounces, 
 
 Bees’ wax, twelve ounces. 
 
 Oil of turpentine, one pint, 
 Neat’s-footoil, one quart. 
 
 Put the linseed»oil, resin, bees’-wax, and 
 frankincense into an earthen pipkin, and melt 
 over a slow fire, keeping it constantly stirring, 
 till the whole is dissolved, then add the neaPs» 
 foot oil, and take it off the fire, and in five 
 •r six minutes add the turpentine, stir it well, 
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 and let It stand till quite cold, then bottle, and 
 cork very close. 
 
 The method of using is as follows : brush 
 clean^the boot, shoe , harness , or whatever it is 
 to be applied to, and let it be quite free from 
 dirty dust or wet> then stir the fluid with a cane, 
 and with it wet the brush, let the brush be a 
 soft one, then rub the fluid thoroughly over 
 the leather, taking care that the seams and 
 every part is well covered, and has a good 
 coat of it. — Set the boots or shoes by, and in 
 two or three days black them, and they will 
 be fit for wearing. 
 
 The qualities of this composition, are at 
 present understood by very few, considering 
 its general utility, and the saving attendant on 
 the use of it, as well as the comfort arising to 
 healthy from having the feet dry, as it renders 
 the leather water-proof against snow , rain, 
 or salt water ; restores all hard , or old leathery 
 to its usual pliability and softness, preventing 
 it from cracking , and encreasing its durability 
 
The Original Receipt 
 
 For Making a very celebrated Fluid , 
 for Cleaning and Polishing 
 Boot-Tops 4 
 
 Take Oxalic acid, one ounce, 
 
 Buttyr of antimony, two ounces, 
 Cream of tartar, two ounces. 
 Spirits of wine, two ounces. 
 Water, three pints. 
 
 Boil the water, and add to it while boiling 
 the cream of tartar, and oxalic acid j take it 
 from the fire, and when cold add the buttyr of 
 antimony and spirits of wine. 
 
 This composition will be found to excel 
 most of those offered for sale, and will whiten 
 the leather to admiration ; it also removes all 
 mineral stains, such as ink spots , iron moulds , 
 fyc. it will be found of equal effect in re- 
 moving grease spots. The manner of using 
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 is, as follows : — first brush the dirt clean of 
 the boot top, and wash it well with spring- 
 water and sponge, then shake the liquid and 
 scour the leather with a flannel or sponge 
 well wet with it, till all the spots or stains are 
 removed, and when the top is about three 
 parts dry, polish it quickly with a clean soft 
 brush kept solely for the purpose, or a piece 
 of dry flannel. 
 
 The same method must be observed *n 
 using all the other liquids here mentioned, 
 unless particularly specified to the contrary. 
 
 It is recommended to all persons having the 
 care of boot-tops, that they keep a small box 
 for the brushes, flannel, sponge, &c. in order 
 to have them quite dean and free from stains 
 —a soft brush will also be found far preferable 
 to flannel for polishing. 
 
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 AN 
 
 excellent 
 
 Boot-Top Liquid. 
 
 Take Burnt alum, half an ounce. 
 
 Spirits of vitriol, one ounce. 
 
 Gum arabic in fine powder, half an 
 ounce. 
 
 Distilled vinegar, a quarter of a pint, 
 Water, one pint. 
 
 Mix about a table spoonful of the water 
 with the powdered gum first, then another or 
 two, and gradually the remainder i- next dis- 
 solve the burnt alum in the vinegar, add the 
 spirits of vitriol, and lastly, mix both liquids 
 together. 
 
 This is a good and cheap liquid, and will be 
 found to possess properties equal, if not su- 
 perior, to many that are now only to be pur- 
 chased at an extravagant rate. 
 
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 TO 
 
 REMOVE ALL 
 
 Vegetable Stains, 
 
 Such cm Fruit, Port Wine , Tca,Coffee 
 Mildew , $c. $c. 
 
 FROM 
 
 BOOT-TOPS, SADDLES, 
 LEATHER BREECHES, 8$ c . 
 
 T- aks Oxygenated muriatic acid, 
 
 Clear soft water, of each two ounces. 
 
 Dip a linen rag or sponge into this mixture, 
 and wet < ell the stained part with it, suffering 
 the rag or sponge to remain a few minutes, 
 when the spot will disappear j then wash the 
 leather with a clean sponge and water, and 
 expose it to the air to dry. 
 
 This liquid is an excellent bleacher of all 
 kinds of leather, and the most certain appli- 
 cation that can be made use of for removing 
 the above named stains. Dirty, or stained 
 sponge, by being allowed to soak in it a few 
 minutes, will become beautifully clean and 
 almost white. 
 
Receipt 
 
 FROM A 
 
 Public Manufacturer 
 
 TO 
 
 M-AKE boot-tops 
 
 OF A 
 
 D ARK BROWN COLOUR. 
 
 T A^iCB Water, five pints, 
 
 n«ol mo... J 1 1*1^ 
 
 Roach alum, one ounce. 
 
 Oil of vitriol, one ounce, 
 
 &ed saunders in powder, 
 
 Spirits of wine, two ounces 
 
 Boil the cochineal, red saunders 
 in the water for fifteen 
 when sufficient 
 the spirits of wine, 
 days, shaking it frequently, then 
 vitriol very gradually, shake well, and let it 
 stand forty-eight hours, then strain it off, and 
 bottle for use. 
 
38 
 
 ANOTHER 
 
 From a very eminent JWriker* 
 
 Take Spirits of salts, one ounce, 
 
 Common alum, one ounce, 
 
 Spirits of red lavender, two ounces, 
 Water, 
 
 Milk, of each one pint. 
 
 Powder the alum, and boil it for a few 
 minutes in the water, then mix with it the 
 milk, next the spirits of salts, and when 
 quite cold, the spirits of lavender. 
 
 Much trouble and expencc has been be- 
 stowed in giving celebrity to this liquid, the 
 properties of which are certainly not the most 
 inferior. 
 

 39 
 
 TO MAKE A LIQUID, 
 
 That Tinges the Leather , a 'pale Orange . 
 
 Take Spanish arnatto, half an ounce. 
 Cream of tartar, three ounces; 
 Tincture of saffron, one ounce. 
 White gum arabic, one_ounce. 
 Water, two quarts. 
 
 Cut the arnatto into small pieces, put it, the 
 gum arabic, and cream of tartar, into the 
 boiling water, boil for twenty minutes, or 
 till the arnatto and gum are dissolved, strain 
 it through muslin, and when cold add the 
 tincture of saffron. Bottle and cork close. 
 
 ^ It should be remarked that in this, as well 
 as the 7ther receipts, where it is wished to 
 obtain any particular colour, there is specified 
 a given quantity of the colouring ingredients, 
 but as different tinges, may be approved by 
 
40 
 
 many persons, it need only be observed that 
 the shade may be varied at pleasure, by in- 
 creasing, or diminishing, the proportions. 
 
 The method' of using this, is the same as 
 the preceding, except that the leather should 
 be more thoroughly wet, and a brush must 
 be here used for polishing, which must also 
 be performed, when it is not above half dry. 
 This is a colour much wished for, and cannot 
 fail to prove a great acquisition, if managed 
 with due care. 
 
41 
 
 A GOOD RECEIPT 
 
 FOR 
 
 giving* 
 
 Take Nitrous acid, one ounce. 
 
 Gum tragaeanthj half an ounce, 
 The juice of a lemon, 
 
 Water, two pints* 
 
 Boil the tragacanth, 
 water, then pour it 
 and let it remain a day or two, strain it 
 through fine rag or muslin, and add to it 
 the juice of the lemon, and nitrous acid.— 
 This liquid, used as directed for 
 receipt, will be found to answer ex 
 well, the purpose of cleaning, besides 
 an unusual bright lustre to the Leatl 
 
42 
 
 TO MAKS 
 
 BOOT TOPS 
 
 LIGHT BROWN COLOUR 
 
 Water 
 
 Take Cochineal, powdered, one drachm. 
 Spirits of wine, six drachms. 
 
 Spirits of salts. 
 
 Oil of vitriol, each, three drachmsj 
 one pint 
 
 . white of an egg. 
 
 Beat well the white of egg, and add to it, 
 in small portions, the water, then the spirits 
 of salts, next the oil of vitriol, and cochi- 
 neal, and when it has stood several hours, the 
 ^spirits of wine.— Keep, it tolerably well 
 corked, shake it occasionally, and in a few 
 day ’s it will be fit for use. 
 
43 
 
 For Restoring Old Boot Tops 
 
 To their original Whiteness . 
 
 Take Buttyr of antimony, three ounces 
 Burnt alum, one ounce and a half. 
 Goulard, one ounce, 
 
 Essential salt of lemons, a box, 
 Soft water, two quarts. 
 
 J^ix the buttyr of antimony and water first, 
 then add the alum, and essential salt of le- 
 mons, and lastly, the goulard, let it be well 
 shaken together, and kept close corked. 
 
 This is one of the best liquids for old 
 boot-tops, that from laying by or other 
 causes have become very dirty, or stained; the 
 method of using so as to produce the end de- 
 sired, and afterwards to give the usual soft- 
 ness, to the boot-top is as follows. 
 
44 
 
 Stretch it on a boot-tree, and sponge it 
 with milk-warm water, then take a flannel 
 completely soaked, with the Liquid and scour 
 it well all over, until it becomes perfectly free 
 from stains, and clear from streaks; this 
 done, sponge it with cold water, and set by 
 till about three parts dry ; then beat the white 
 of an egg till quite smooth, in three table- 
 spoonsful of milk, with this rub the boot- 
 tops well over, and polish with a soft brush. 
 A high gloss will instantly be produced, ac- 
 companied b y pliability to the leather . 
 
45 
 
 AN EXCELLENT 
 
 CHEAP 
 
 BOOT TOP LIQUID 
 
 Take common alum, two ouuces. 
 
 Nitrous acid, one ounce and a half,] 
 Milk, one pint, 
 
 Water, a quart. 
 
 Powder the alum fine and dissolve in the 
 water, add to it the nitrous acid, and then 
 mix the whole with the milk ; on uniting 
 this a large portion of curd will be formed, 
 but it is all proper for use 
 be well stirred together, wnen appnea to rne 
 leather, the method of using is the same as 
 the first receipt for boot-tops. 
 
43 
 
 ANOTHER. 
 
 Take Spirits of vitriol, four ounces. 
 Vinegar, half-a-pint, 
 
 Picked gum arabic, one ounce and a 
 half. 
 
 Cream of tartar, two ounces, 
 
 Water, two quarts. 
 
 Dissolve the gum arabic in the water, 
 add [the cream of tartar j and boil a few mi- 
 nutes ; when cold, put in the vinegar and spi- 
 rits of vitriol. 
 
 This is a cheap composition, and will be 
 found to answer the common purposes of boot- 
 top and saddle cleaning. 
 
 Observe that in polishing and cleaning 
 boots, or boot tops, the use of a tree will 
 greatly assist in adding to the effect of the 
 composition employed. 
 
47 
 
 Clothes Powder, 
 
 For Cleaning all Kinds of Cloili , 
 Kerseymeres , &>c. and for Pre- 
 venting their being Injured by 
 Moths . 
 
 Taki best pure pipe clay, one pound and 
 half. 
 
 White pepper, one ounce. 
 
 Orris powder, one ounce and half. 
 Starch, one ounce, 
 
 Spirits of wine, two ounces. 
 
 Let each article be powdered separately 
 very fine, and mixed together, then pour the 
 spirits of wine to it, a few drops at a time, 
 stir the powder after each addition, break the 
 knots occasioned by the spirits of wine, and 
 pack it in chip or tin boxes for travelling. 
 
 The method of using is, to sprinkle a small 
 quantity of the powder on the cloth, kersey- 
 mere, or whatever is wanted to be cleaned, 
 
48 
 
 and rub it in with the hand, then brush out 
 the powder with a common clothes brush. — ■ 
 Should there be any spots of grease, wet the 
 powder with a little boiling water, lay it on 
 the part, let it remain till dry, and then 
 brush off. 
 
 The utility of this powder must be too 
 evident to need any comment; suffice it, 
 therefore, to say, that it gives a beautiful ap- 
 pearance to the articles it is applied to, and if 
 sprinkled on any kind of clothes previous to 
 their being lain by, or packed for long voy- 
 ages, will effectually prevent moths or mildew. 
 
 This composition possesses, in every point, 
 the additional recommendation of economy. 
 
49 
 
 CHEMICAL 
 
 CLOTHES BALLS* 
 
 For cleaning Woollen, 'Cloth, Ker- 
 seymeres, Gaiters, Cord, Sfc, 
 and taking out Spots of Grease . 
 
 Take Pipeclay, two pounds. 
 
 Fuller’s earth, 
 
 Common whitening, each four ounces. 
 Pepper, two ounces, 
 
 Ox gall, a quarter of a pint. 
 
 Powder the pipe clay, fuller’s earth, whit- 
 ening, and pepper, all very fine, and mix toge- 
 ther; pour the ox-gall into a bottle, shake well, 
 and add by degrees to the other ingredients, 
 agitating the liquid and stirring the powder 
 on each addition, then add as much water as 
 will form the whole into a stiff paste, which 
 should be well beaten, that the composition 
 may be completely blended together, then 
 form into balls of the most convenient size 
 and shape. 
 
 c 
 
50 
 
 These balls are of long standing, and will 
 be found in every respect advantageous and 
 useful. 
 
 The method of using for woollen cloth, 
 kerseymeres, gaiters, cord, &c. is as follows : 
 fasten one end of the article, and hold the 
 other with the hand, and rub the ball all over, 
 but more especially the most dirty parts, until 
 well covered, then rub briskly between the 
 hands, beat with a stick or cane, and brush 
 out the dust with a clothes brush. Repeat 
 this two or three times, rf required. 
 
 To take out grease spots, scrape a small 
 quantity on the part, wet with boiling water, 
 dry it, and brush clean. 
 
 These balls are equally useful for carriage- 
 linings, carpets, &c. they may be made 
 white by omitting the fullers earth, and using 
 four ounces more pipe clay in its stead. — Re- 
 member, they may be used to any coloured 
 cloth or kerseymere without the least injury, 
 and produce the same effect in cleaning. 
 
51 
 
 Breeches Balls 
 
 For cleaning and removing Grease 
 Spots , from Leather Breeches , 
 Glove s, Gaiters , fyc. 
 
 Take Bath brick, one pound. 
 
 Pumice stone, four ounces, 
 
 Pipe clay, two pounds, 
 
 Ox gall, a quarter and half of a pint. 
 
 Powder each article very fine, and mix to- 
 gether j — then if yellow or pale buff balls are 
 required, add as much of the best Dutch pink 
 or yellow ochre in fine powder, as will pro- 
 duce the shade wished ; or, if fawn or darker 
 coloured are wanted, use a necessary quan- 
 tity of Turkey umber or Irish slate, to obtain 
 the colour desired ; then add the ox gall, and 
 beat well together, with water sufficient to 
 form into a consistence for balls, — put it into 
 moulds or make up with the hand. 
 
 C 2 
 
52 
 
 In cleaning breeches, it is always best f« 
 put them on stretchers, gloves on the hand, 
 and gaiters on a boot tree. 
 
 The method of using the balls for dry 
 cleaning, is as follows:— first take the worst 
 of the dirt off with a hard brush, then rub the 
 ball well over the article till the whole is co- 
 vered, beat the dust out with the back of a 
 plush brush (which may be obtained at any 
 breeches makers), then brush the remainder 
 well off. For wet cleaning, as much of the 
 ball as is required must be scraped into a tea- 
 cup, wet it with milk-warm water, and 
 spread well over the breeches, &c. with a 
 sponge or flannel, or the hand;— let it re- 
 main till quite dry, then proceed the same as 
 for dry cleaning. For taking out grease 
 spots, follow the method directed for clothes 
 balls. 
 
53 
 
 Prepared Oil , 
 
 FOR BEAUTIFYING 
 
 Ml Kinds of Mahogany 
 
 Furniture. 
 
 Take Rape oil, one quart, 
 
 Turpentine, half a pint, 
 
 Rose-pink, one ounce, 
 
 Alkanet root, three ounces, 
 Pearl-ashes, one ounce and half. 
 
 Powder the rose-pink and pearl-ashes, 
 break the alkanet- root in small pieces, put 
 them into a bottle, add the rape oil and tur- 
 pentine, cork close, and mix well together ; 
 set it by for a week or ten days, shaking it 
 very often, then strain off, and it will be 
 ready for use. 
 
 The method of applying, is to rub a small 
 quantity well over the furniture with a flannel 
 rag, let it remain three or four hours, and 
 then polish with a linen cloth. 
 
54 
 
 Furniture Balls, 
 
 For Cleaning and Polishing 
 Mahogany . 
 
 Take Alkanet root. 
 
 Rose pink, of each two ounces. 
 Linseed oil, one pint. 
 
 Yellow resin, two ounces, 
 Bees’-wax, one pound two ounces. 
 
 Put the alkanet root and rose pink in 
 a muslin bag, and boil slowly for twenty mi- 
 nutes, then break the resin and bees’-wax in 
 small pieces j take out the bag and add them 
 to the oil, keep the mixture stirring till the 
 whole is dissolved, then pour into tea-cups 
 or any small vessels to cool. The method of 
 using these balls, is to warm them before the 
 fire, and apply a small quantity to a piece of 
 flannel, then dust the furniture, rub the 
 flannel well over it, and polish first with a 
 linen cloth, and afterwards with a brush. 
 
55 
 
 SUPERIOR 
 
 Furniture Paste. 
 
 Take Bees’ wax, ten ounces, 
 
 Gum arabic, powdered, one ounce. 
 Linseed oil, 
 
 Turpentine, each, a quarter of a pint. 
 
 Break the bee’s wax in small pieces, and 
 melt with the linseed oil in an earthen pipkin, 
 ove a gentle lire, put the powdered gum into 
 a bason, and add to it, in small quantities, the 
 turpentine, till completely mixed, then pour 
 upon it the warm liquid from the pipkin. 
 
 A small quantity of this paste is to be 
 put on flannel, and used in the common 
 way, as directed for the balls. 
 
 The balls and liquid may be made co- 
 lourless, for those who prefer pale mahogany, 
 by omitting the alkanet root and rose pink. 
 
GENUINE 
 
 Silver Plate Powder 
 
 The Effect of which is 
 
 Nearly equal to Plating. 
 
 Take Ouicksilver, one ounce and a half, 
 Nitrous acid, two ounces and a half. 
 Prepared hartshorn, half a pound, 
 Common whitening, three quarters of 
 a pound. 
 
 Let the quicksilver be put into a large 
 phial, or in the draught of the chimney, add 
 the nitrous acid to it by degrees, shake very 
 eent-ly, and let it remain till the quicksilver 
 dissolved, then pour it into a bason or mor- 
 tar, and add to it the whitening previously 
 powdered fine ; and next the prepared harts- 
 horn, stir the whole well together for half an 
 hour j it may then be put into a jar, or wide 
 mouthed bottle, and kept from the air. The 
 method of using, as the following receipt, 
 omitting the brush, an applying the leather 
 only. 
 
57 
 
 AH’ 
 
 EXCELLENT POWDER, 
 
 FOR CLEANING 
 Gold, Silver, or Gilt Plate* 
 
 And all Kinds of Brass Work . 
 
 Take Prepared hartshorn. 
 
 Putty powder, of each four ounces, 
 Common whitening, half a pound. 
 
 Powder the whole very fine, and mix well 
 together. When wanted for use wet with 
 spirits of wine, or gin, and rub well over 
 the article to be cleaned j let it remain till 
 dry, then brush it off, and polish with a piece 
 of soft wash-leather. 
 
 This is a valuable preparation, obtained 
 much cheaper than plate powders in general, 
 and may be applied to the finest gold, without 
 even the possibility of injury. 
 
 Be careful in preparing the plate powders,, 
 that the ingredients are pounded very fine. 
 
58 
 
 A LIST OF THE MATERIALS 
 
 For Preparing the Composition contained in 
 this Book, and the Prices they are Sold at. 
 
 Alkanet Root, 6(1. per oz. I 
 Bath Brick. 6d. each. 
 
 Blue Galls, 3d. per oz. 
 
 Bees Wax, 3d. per ditto 
 Butterof Antimony ,4 d .do. 
 Cochineal, 4d. per ditto. 
 Copperas, Id. per ditto. 
 Cream of Tartar, 2d. do. 
 Common Alum, fod.pr. lb. 
 Do. Whitening, id. do. 
 Do. Brown Sugar, lOd. do. 
 DistiPd Vinegar, 8d.pr.pint 
 Essential Salt of Lemon, 
 Is. per box. 
 
 Essence of Lemon, 3d. 
 per drachm. 
 
 Fuller’s Earth, id. per. lb. 
 Flour Paste, 2d. per do. 
 Frankincence, 2d. per oz. 
 Glue size, 2d. per lb. 
 GumTragacanth, lod. oz. 
 Gum Arabac, best, 6d.do. 
 
 Ditto..^common, 3d. do. 
 Goulard, 4d. per ditto. 
 Honey, 2s. per per lb. 
 Hogs Lard, Is. per ditto. 
 Indigo, Is. per oz. 
 Isinglass, Is. 6d. per ditto 
 Ivory Black, Is. per lb. 
 Lamp, Ditto, ditto. 
 Logwood, 6d. ditto. 
 Lavender Water, 6d. oz. 
 Milk, 5d. per quart. 
 Norfolk Fluid, 2s. 6d.pint 
 Nitrous Acid, 4d. per oz 
 Ox Gall, Sd. per pint. 
 Orris Powder, 6d.per oz 
 
 Oxygenated Muriatic Acid, 
 6d. per oz. 
 
 Oxalic Acid, 2§. per ditto 
 Gil of Vitriol, Id. ditto. 
 
 — of Turpentine, 2s. 6d. 
 per pint. 
 
 — Neatsfoot, 3s. per do. 
 
 — Rape, l£d. per oz. or 
 Is. 6d. per pint. 
 
 — Linseed, Is. 6d. pr. do, 
 
 — Carraways, 4|d. per 
 drachm. 
 
 Pipe Clay, 2d. per ball, 
 Pumice Stone, l^d.per oz 
 Putty Powder, 6d. per do 
 Pearlashes, Id. per ditto 
 Powder Blue, 2d. per do. 
 Prepared Hartshorn, 2d 
 per ounce, or 2s. per lb 
 Quicksilver, 8d. per oz. 
 Red Saunders, 2d. per do 
 Rose Pink, 2d. per do 
 Sugar Candy, white, 4d. do. 
 -brown, 2d 
 
 Shumac, 6d. per lb. 
 Sweet Oil, 2d. pgr oz 
 Spirits of Salts, 2d. ditto. 
 
 Vitriol, Id. do. 
 
 Wine, 4d. do. 
 
 Spanish Arnatto, Is. do 
 Starch, Id. per do. 
 Treacle, 8d. per lb. 
 
 Table Beer, 3d. a quart 
 Tincture of Saffron, 6d 02 
 j Vinegar, 4d. or 5d. a pi 
 Whitening, Id. per ball 
 S White Pepper, 9d. per. o 
 
59 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 page 
 
 [ The genuine receipt of the most noted firm in 
 
 London, - S 
 
 The original receipt of a celebrated blacking 
 
 manufacturer,' - - -10 
 
 A true receipt for the British liquid blacking, J 1 
 1 French liquid blacking, - - - IS 
 
 Domestic blacking, - - - 15 
 
 A private receipt for improved blacking, 16 
 
 A receipt for ditto, - - - 18 
 
 Superior liquid blacking, - - 20 
 
 A very cheap, ditto, - - 21 
 
 Perfumed Blacking Paste, - - 22 
 
 Plain, Ditto, Ditto, 24 
 
 Blacking balls, - - - 25 
 
 Another receipt for making blacking cakes, or 
 
 balls, - - - 26 
 
 Blacking powder, - 27 
 
 i Another blacking powder, 28 
 
 j General remarks on the manner of using the 
 blackings, and the method of removing 
 the roughness from boots or shoes, 29 
 The improved Norfolk fluid, - 31 
 
 | The original receipt for making a very cele- 
 brated fluid, for cleaning and polishing 
 boot-tops, - - - 33 
 
 An excellent boot-top liquid, - - 35 
 
 A receipt to remove all vegetable stains, - 36 
 
 A ditto, from a public manufacturer, to make 
 
 boot-tops of a dark brown colour, - 3T 
 A ditto, from a very emiuent maker, * 38 
 
60 
 
 page 
 
 To make a liquid tl.at tinges the leather a pale 
 
 orange, - * - - 39 
 
 A good receipt for cleaning boot-tops, - 41 
 
 To make boot-tops of a light brown colour, 4 2 
 For restoring old boot-tops to their original 
 
 whiteness, - - 42 
 
 An excellent cheap boot-top liquid, - 45 
 
 Another, - - - - 46 
 
 A receipt to make clothes powder, for cleaning 
 all kinds of cloth, kerseymeres, &c. and 
 for preventing their being injured by 
 moths. - - 4T 
 
 Chemical clothes balls, |for cleaning woollen, 
 cloth, kerseymeres, gaiters, cord, &c. 
 and taking out spots of grease, - 49 
 
 Breeches balls, for cleaning and removing all 
 
 grease spots from leather breeches, - 51 
 
 Furniture balls, for cleaning and polishing 
 
 mahogany, - - 53 
 
 Prepared Oil, for beautifying all kinds of ma- 
 hogany furniture, - - 54 
 
 Superior furniture paste, - - 55 
 
 Genuine silver plate powder, - - 58 
 
 An excellent powder, for cleaning plate, silver, 
 gold, or gilt, and all kinds of brass 
 work, - - 5T 
 
 A list of the prices of materials used, - 58 
 
 Printed by W. GLINDON, 48, Rupert Street, 
 Hay market, London. 
 
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