Leather, Ink, and Miscellaneous
Leather, Ink, and Miscellaneous (II)
TANNING LEATHER To Tan Sheepskins and Goatskins with the Hair on. -Clean the flesh side of fat and meat, mix pound of alum and pound of…
Leather, Ink, and Miscellaneous: Apply
Or make a paste of boiled mealy potatoes, vinegar, and turpentine. Apply to the stain, let dry, and rub off. Or sponge with a flannel cloth…
Leather, Ink, and Miscellaneous: Boots
BOOTS AND SHOES Care of Boots and Shoes. The great enemy of leather, especially patent leather, is heat. Extreme heat tends to rob the…
Leather, Ink, and Miscellaneous: Shoes
Care of Boots and Shoes. Have two or more pairs, and wear them alternately to let the leather dry and rest. When not in use, keep them on…
Leather, Ink, and Miscellaneous: White
White Kid. - Dip a clean white flannel cloth in a little ammonia and rub lightly over a cake of white soap. Rub the soiled spots gently…
Leather, Ink, and Miscellaneous: Wash
To Polish Tan Shoes. - Wash the shoes clean with a sponge and warm water. Wipe with a dry cloth and let dry. Then rub freely with the…
Leather, Ink, and Miscellaneous: Overshoes
OVERSHOES Box for Overshoes. -Take up the boards from the back doorstep, cleat and hinge them, and make a box underneath for the family…
Leather, Ink, and Miscellaneous: India-rubber
India-rubber Mixtures. - Dissolve with gentle heat in pint of neat'sfoot oil as much India rubber from an old pair of rubber overshoes or…
Leather, Ink, and Miscellaneous: India
Or melt together 4 ounces of neat's-foot oil, 4 ounces of beeswax, and 2 ounces of India rubber until thoroughly blended. Apply hot with a…
Leather, Ink, and Miscellaneous: Dissolve
French Varnish. -Dissolve in 2½ pints of white wine or best vinegar 3 ounces of loaf sugar and 4 ounces of powdered gum Senegal. Strain…
Leather, Ink, and Miscellaneous: Blacking
BLACKING LEATHER Blacking for Leather. -The pigments chiefly used in making shoe and harness blackings are lampblack and ivory black…
Leather, Ink, and Miscellaneous: Stir
Stir in 3 pints of vinegar.
Leather, Ink, and Miscellaneous: Polish
Polish with silk or chamois. This gives a very high gloss and does not injure the leather.
Leather, Ink, and Miscellaneous: Melt
Or melt 2 ounces of mutton suet and 6 ounces of beeswax. Add 6 ounces of brown sugar, 2 ounces of castile-soap jelly, and 1 ounce of…
Leather, Ink, and Miscellaneous: Make
WRITING INK Ink.-Inks are of several classes, as writing inks, marking or indelible inks, and printing inks. Writing inks may be black or…
Leather, Ink, and Miscellaneous: Hence
Modern inks of this sort are improved by the addition of a little free sulphuric acid, which prevents the tannate of iron from forming a…
Leather, Ink, and Miscellaneous: Aleppo
The following recipes will suggest interesting experiments in ink making: pulverized Aleppo galls, 3 pounds; gum arabic, 1 pound. Put these…
Leather, Ink, and Miscellaneous: Inks
Chrome Logwood Inks. These inks are prepared by the addition of 1 part of potassium chromate to 1,000 parts of saturated solution of…
Leather, Ink, and Miscellaneous: Copying
Or, for a small quantity, boil 1 ounces of thin logwood chips in 3 pints of water down to 1 pint, and when cold add 17 grains of yellow…
Leather, Ink, and Miscellaneous: Brazil
Led Ink.-Red ink may be made out of cochineal or Brazil wood, or the coal-tar colors known as puchsin, magenta, or eosin. These are readily…
Leather, Ink, and Miscellaneous: Cover
Cover from dust and let stand over night. To use this pad, write with the above ink, let the ink dry, and moisten the pad slightly with…
Leather, Ink, and Miscellaneous: Remove
To Remove Oiliness from Ink. If the action of the air causes ink to become oily, ropy, or stringy, add a little oxgall or vinegar.
Leather, Ink, and Miscellaneous: Jewelry
CARE OF JEWELRY To Keep Jewelry at its best it should be properly stored when not in use and occasionally cleaned and polished, or…
Leather, Ink, and Miscellaneous: Glass
To Clean Jet.-To clean jet articles, brush them free from dust with a soft camel's-hair brush, apply a little olive oil by means of a brush…
Leather, Ink, and Miscellaneous: Gypsum
Gypsum. - Gypsum is a mineral which is found in nature in several forms. Chemically it consists of bihydrated calcium sulphate. It occurs…
Leather, Ink, and Miscellaneous: Paris
Gypsum is also used as a fertilizer, and in the manufacture of glass and porcelain. Plaster of Paris is chiefly used for making models and…