Recipes For Dyeing With Old Fustic


(1) OLD GOLD



Boil the wool with 3 to 4 per cent chrome for 1 to 1-1/2 hours. Wash,

and dye in a separate bath for 1 to 1-1/2 hours at 100 deg.C. with

20 to 80 per cent of old fustic.



(2) OLD GOLD



Mordant with 3 per cent chrome, for 3/4 hour and wash. Dye with 24 per

cent fustic and 4 per cent madder for 45 minutes.



(3) BRIGHT YELLOW



Mordant wool with 8 per cent of stannous chloride for 1 to 1-1/2

hours, and 8 per cent of tartar. Wash, and dye with 20 to 40 per cent

of fustic.



(4) GREENISH YELLOW



Mordant wool with 3 per cent chrome, for 3/4 hour and wash. Dye with 6

per cent fustic, 33 per cent logwood. Boil 3/4 hour.



(5) YELLOW



Mordant with 25 per cent alum, wash after laying by for 2 days, dye

with 5 to 6 oz. fustic to lb.



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