Important: Safety Warning
This page describes practices involving highly flammable materials in ways that create a serious risk of fire or explosion.
In addition, this page describes trade processes that use dangerously toxic materials such as cyanide solutions, mercury amalgams, or strong acids. These processes require training, equipment, and precautions far beyond what the text describes.
In addition, this page directs the use of hazardous substances — such as benzine, gasoline, lye, or strong acids — for household tasks. These materials are highly flammable, corrosive, or poisonous, and the practices described have caused fires, burns, and poisonings.
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Indelible Inks for Brushes
For using with a marking-brush, an ink may be made by diluting coal tar with benzine to a proper consistency, or equal parts of vermilion and copperas may be rubbed up with oil varnish. Either of these holds well on linen or cotton fabrics.