Household Goods

Preparation of materials for use in the home, including dyes, waterproofing, and ink.

My Grandmothers F: Sear Cloth
To Make Ink
To Paint Grates Black
Mr Balls Receipt for making black ink
In the [Annales] des [Cortes] J. is the following receipt for making a milk white paint
Water Proof . – The following is the Chinese method for rendering cloth water-proof:
Patent granted to Mr. Wm Jayne of Sheffield...

A recipe for a preservative for eggs using quicklime, salt, and cream of tartar.
An Important Improvement in Shoes and Boots from the London Chronicle

A method for waterproofing leather shoes using wax, oil, turpentine, and burgundy pitch, used to soften and weatherproof.
For keping Shoos Black

A recipe for making shoe black (keeping shoes black).
To Dy[e] a Good Red

This recipe gives instructions for creating a red dye for wool, using brazilwood, madder, alum, and chamber-lye (urine).
To Dy [Dye] Blue

This recipe gives instructions for creating a blue dye for wool, using logwood and verdigris.