Take three ounces of pearl-ash, and put it into a clean black
bottle with a pint and a half (not more) of soft water. The
proportion is an ounce of pearl-ash to half a pint of water. Cork
it very tightly, shake it, and it will be fit for use as soon as
all the pearl-ash is dissolved. A table-spoonful of this liquid is
equal to a small tea-spoonful of pearl-ash in the lump or powder.
Keeping it ready dissolved will be found very convenient.