3093. Paste Blacking'

3093. Paste Blacking'. Molasses, 1 pound; ivory-black, 11/4 pounds; sweet oil, 2 ounces; rub together as before (see No. 3088 (Fine Liquid Blacking)); then add a little lemon juice or strong vinegar.

3094. Brilliant Paste Blacking

3094. Brilliant Paste Blacking. Ivory-black, 2 pounds; molasses, 1 pound; olive oil and oil of vitriol, of each i pound; sufficient water, as before.

3095. Fine Paste Blacking

3095. Fine Paste Blacking. Ivory-black, 28 pounds; molasses, 21 pounds; common oil, 1 quart; oil of vitriol, 3 pounds; sufficient water, as before.

3096. Fine Oil Paste Blacking

3096.       Fine Oil Paste Blacking. Ivory-black, 3 cwt.; common molasses, 2 cwt.; linseed oil and vinegar bottoms, of each 3 gallons; oil of vitriol, 28 pounds; sufficient water, mix as before.

3097. Oil Paste Blacking

3097.      Oil Paste Blacking. Ivory-black, 2 pounds; molasses, 4 or 5 ounces; oil of vitriol, 2 ounces; tanners' oil, 5 ounces (if this cannot be obtained, then use 4 ounces best tallow); gum-arabic, 1 ounce. Mix the oil and vitriol together, and let it stand 24 hours; dissolve the gum in a cupful of warm water; then add 3 table-spoonfuls of best vinegar; heat it and mix with the oil, etc., and then add the ivory-black, molasses, and white of 2 eggs.

3098. Real Japan Paste Blacking

3098.    Real Japan Paste Blacking. Take 3 ounces ivory-black, 2 ounces coarse sugar, 1 ounce sulphuric acid, 1 ounce muriatic acid, 1 lemon, 1 table-spoonful sweet oil, and 1 pint vinegar. First mix the ivory-black and sweet oil together, then the lemon and sugar, with a little vinegar to qualify the blacking; then add the sulphuric and muriatic acids, and mix them all well together. The sugar, oil, and vinegar, prevent the acids from injuring the leather, and add to the lustre of the blacking.

3099. Bryant and James' Patent Paste Blacking

3099.   Bryant and James' Patent Paste Blacking. In making the paste blacking, the patentees prescribe the same quantity of India-rubber oil, ivory-black, molasses, and gum-arabic as in their liquid blacking, the latter being dissolved in only 12 pounds vinegar. These ingredients are to be well mixed, and then ground together in a mill till they form a perfectly smooth paste. To this paste 12 pounds sulphuric acid are to be added in small quantities at a time, with powerful stirring, which is to be continued 1/2 hour after the last portion of the acid has been introduced. Ready for use in 7 days.

3100. New Blacking

3100.      New Blacking. The lustrous qualities of blacking are frequently derived from ingredients which are most deleterious and destructive to leather. Herr Artus publishes a new formula, and claims several advantages for it, to which we may add its cheapness and accessibility. 3 or 4 pounds vegetable black, 11/2 pounds ivory-black, 5 pounds molasses, and 5 pounds glycerine, mixed thoroughly together. 6 ounces guttapercha, cut in small pieces, are then melted, and when fluid, 20 ounces olive oil are added, and subsequently, 2 ounces stearine. The second mixture, while quite hot, is stirred into the first; and then a further addition of 10 ounces gum Senegal, dissolved' in about 3 quarts water, is added. This compound is the stock; for use, it should be diluted with about 3 times its quantity of warm water.