RECIPES FOR COLORING 
 
 A. McCLITCE & CO., 
 
 Wholesale Dealers in 
 
 Oils 9 Varnis7ies 9 Glciss 9 
 Dye Stuffs, &c, •■ 
 No's. 74 & 76 STATE STREET 
 And 15 and 17 Xortoii Street, 
 
 ALBANY, N. Y. 
 

 MADDER RED. 
 
 Use 1 lb. Madder, together with 2 oz. Compound 
 to every 2 lbs. cloth or yarn. Soak the Madder 
 over night iu a brass or copper kettle, then add Ihe 
 Compound, stir the cloth and then bring dye slowly 
 to a scalding heat. If you wish a dark color let it 
 remain some hours. Proportion the time to the 
 shade you wish ; rinse in soft water without soap. 
 SCARLET RED. 
 
 To 1 lb cloth, 2 oz. powdered Lac, 3 oz. Mad- 
 der Compound : mix the last two in an earthen 
 bowl, take soft water enough to cover the yarn or 
 cloth, bring it to a boiling heat, in a brass or cop- 
 per kettle. Just before boiling, add l£oz. cream tar- 
 tar, boil for two minutes, then add Lac and Com- 
 pound ; then boil five minutes — now wet the yarn or 
 cloth in warm water, wring out and pour in dye j 
 then boil % of an hour, then rinse in clean cold 
 water and dry in the shade. 
 
 SCARLET RED WITH COCHINEAL. 
 
 For 1 lb. cloth or yarn, usel oz. Cochineal, 1 oz. 
 cream tartar, 2 oz. solution tin. Process same as 
 for Pink 
 
PINK. 
 To 1 lb. cloth or yarn, ^ oz. Cochineal, 1 oz. 
 Compound ; soak Cochineal in brass or copper 
 kettle, then add the Compound and stir the cloth, 
 then bring the dye slowly to a scalding heat, pro- 
 portion the time to the shade desired ; rinse in cold 
 soft water. 
 
 BLACK WITH EXTRACT. 
 
 To 1 lb. of cloth, 2 oz. Extract Logwood, 1 oz. 
 blue vitriol. Put the Extract in water sufficient to 
 cover the cloth or yarn over night, and bring it to 
 a boiling heat, let it stand until morning, then add 
 vitriol again, heat to boiling, stir well, then put in 
 the cloth and let it stand 24 hours. 
 
 GREEN. 
 
 For 1 lb. yarn, use 2^ oz. alum, 1 lb. fustic, 
 steep to get the strength, but not boil, soak the 
 cloth until you get a good yellow, then add Indigo 
 Compound, a little at a time until you get a good 
 color. 
 
 BLUE. 
 3 lbs. rags, use 1 oz. copperas, 1 oz. prussiate 
 potash, 1£ oz. oil vitriol. 
 
 ORANGE. 
 
 Bring to boiling heat in 2 kettles, sufficient soft 
 water in each to cover your cloth — then add to 
 one kettle 4 oz. sugar lead, and the other 2 oz. 
 Bichromate Potash — then soak your cloth in lime 
 
water (1 lb. lime to 1 id. of cloth), then place your 
 cloth in kettle of lead, boil 5 minutes, then place 
 in the kettle of potash and boil same time, rinse as 
 usual. 
 
 YELLOW. 
 
 Proceed sarrte as in Orange, only use 3 oz. sug. 
 lead and 2 oz. Bichromate Potash. 
 
 ROTAL PURPLE. 
 
 For 3 lbs. cloth, boil 1 oz. cudbear in soft water 
 enough to cover cloth for y 2 hour, then strain and 
 bring to boiling beat, then soak the cloth in strong 
 isftleratus water, and put it in the dye, remaining 
 until you have the desired shade. 
 
 GREEN. 
 
 To 5 lbs. cloth, use 1 lb. fustic, }£ lb. Logwood 
 Chips, 1 oz. blue vitriol. Color in brass kettle 
 then wash in soap suds. 
 
 BROWN WITH CUTCH. 
 
 For 10 lbs. cloth, use 3 lbs. cutch, 4 oz. blue 
 vitriol, 4 oz. Bic. Potash, use sufficient sdft water 
 to cover the cloth, boil until it is dissolved, 
 then put in the blue vitriol, stir well, then put in 
 the cloth and let it lemain.over night, then rinse 
 out— put the Bic. Potash in sufficient boiling 
 water to cover the cloth, stir well, then put in 
 the cloth and let it remain 15 minutes, then rinse 
 in cold water.