Yellow Dyes Recipe

To dye a buff color, boil equal parts of arnotto and common potash, in

soft clear water. When dissolved, take it from the fire; when cool, put

in the goods, which should previously be washed free from spots, and

color; set them on a moderate fire, where they will keep hot, till the

goods are of the shade you wish. To dye salmon and orange color, tie

arnotto in a bag, and soak it in warm soft soap suds, till it becomes

soft, so that you can squeeze enough of it through the bag to make the

suds a deep yellow--put in the articles, which should be clean, and free

from color; boil them till of the shade you wish. There should be enough

of the dye to cover the goods--stir them while boiling, to keep them

from spotting. This dye will make a salmon or orange color, according to

the strength of it, and the time the goods remain in. Drain them out of

the dye, and dry them quick, in the shade--when dry, wash them in soft

soap suds. Goods dyed in this manner should never be rinsed in clear

water. Peach leaves, fustic, and saffron, all make a good straw or lemon

color, according to the strength of the dye. They should be steeped in

soft fair water, in an earthen or tin vessel, and then strained, and the

dye set with alum, and a little gum arabic dissolved in the dye, if you

wish to stiffen the article. When the dye-stuff is strained, steep the

articles in it.

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