INK DEPARTMENT.
RED INK.--Two ounces Cochineal, bruised; pour over it one quart Boiling
Water, let it stand eight hours. Boil two ounces Brazil Wood in one
pint of Water, let it stand eight hours and then add the two together.
Dissolve one-half ounce Gum Arabic in one-half pint Hot Water; add all
together and let stand four days. Strain and bottle for use.
BLUE INK.--Six parts Persian Blue, one quart Oxalic Acid; triturate
with little Water to smoothe paste, add Gum Arabic and the necessary
quantity of Water.
INDELIBLE INK TO MARK LINEN.--One and a half ounces Nitrate of Silver
dissolved in six ounces Liquor Ammonia Fortis, one ounce Archill, for
coloring; one-half ounce Gum Arabic. Mix.
FOR YELLOW.--Write with Muriate of Antimony; when dry wash with
Tincture of Galls.
BLACK.--Write with a Solution of Green Vitriol and wash with Tincture
of Galls.
BLUE.--Nitrate of Cobate, wash with Oxalic Acid.
YELLOW.--Subacetate of Lead, wash with Hydrochloric Acid.
GREEN.--Arsenate of Potash, wash with Nitrate of Copper.
PURPLE.--Solution of Gold and Muriate of Tin.
BLACK.--Perchloride of Mercury, the wash is Hydrochloric of Tin.
BLACK INK.--Extract of Logwood one ounce, Bicromate of Potash
one-quarter ounce. Pulverize and mix in a quart of soft hot water. This
makes a beautiful jet black ink, which will not spoil by freezing.
COPYING INK.--One-half gallon of soft water, one ounce Gum Arabic, one
ounce Brown Sugar, one ounce clean Copperas, three ounces powdered Nut
Gall. Mix and shake occasionally from 7 to 10 days and strain. The best
copying ink made.
BLACK INK.--Shellac four ounces, Borax two ounces, Water one quart;
boil till dissolved and add two ounces Gum Arabic, dissolved in a
little hot water; boil and add enough of a well triturated mixture of
equal parts of Indigo and Lampblack to produce a copper color. After
standing several hours draw off and bottle.
GREEN INK.--Dissolve 180 grains Bichromate of Potash in one fluid ounce
of Water; add while warm one-half ounce Spirits of Wine, then decompose
the mixture with concentrated sulphuric acid until it assumes a brown
color; evaporate this liquid until its quantity is reduced one-half,
dilute it with two ounces distilled water, filter it, add one-half
ounce Alcohol, followed by a few drops of strong sulphuric acid; it is
now allowed to rest, and after a time it assumes a beautiful green
color. Add a small quantity Gum Arabic and it is ready for use.
BEAUTIFUL BLUE WRITING FLUID.--Dissolve Basic or Soluble Prussian Blue
in pure water. This is the most permanent and beautiful blue ink known.
VIOLET COPYING INK.--For blue violet dissolve in 300 parts of boiling
water, Methyl Violet, 5 B, Hofman's Violet, 3 B, or Gentiana Violet, B.
For reddish violet dissolve in a similar quantity of water Methyl
Violet BR. A small quantity of sugar added to these inks improves their
copying qualities. If the writing when dry retains a bronzy appearance,
more water must be added.
NEW INVISIBLE INK.--C. Wideman communicates a new method of making an
invisible ink to _Die Natur_. To make the writing or drawing appear
which has been made upon paper it is sufficient to dip it in water. On
drying the traces disappear again, and reappear again at each
succeeding immersion. The ink is made by intimately mixing Linseed Oil
one part. Water of Ammonia twenty parts, Water 100 parts. The mixture
must be agitated each time before the pen is dipped into it, as a
little of the oil may separate and float on top, which would, of
course, leave an oily stain upon the paper.
BUCHER'S CARMINE INK.--Pure Carmine, twelve grains, Water of Ammonia
three ounces, dissolve, then add Powdered Gum eighteen grains. One-half
drachm of Powdered Drop Lake may be substituted for the Carmine, where
expense is an object.
BRILLIANT RED INK.--Brazil Wood two ounces, Muriate of Tin one-half
drachm, Gum Arabic one drachm. Boil down in 32 ounces water to
one-half, and strain.
WHITE INK.--Mix pure freshly precipitated Barium Sulphate, or "Flake
White," with Water containing enough Gum Arabic to prevent the
immediate settling of the substance. Starch or Magnesium Carbonate may
be used in a similar way. They must be reduced to palpable powders.
INDELIBLE INK FOR MARKING LINEN.--Add Caustic Alkali to a saturated
solution of Corpous Chloride until no further precipitate forms; allow
the precipitate to settle, draw off the supernatant liquid with a
siphon and dissolve the hydrated copper oxide in the smallest quantity
of Ammonia. It may be mixed with about 6 per cent of Gum Dextrine for
use.
TO WRITE SECRET LETTERS.--Put five cents' worth Citrate of Potassa in
an ounce vial of clear cold water. This forms an invisible fluid. Let
it dissolve and you can use on paper of any color. Use quill pen in
writing. When you wish the writing to become visible hold it to red hot
stove.
BLACK COPYING INK OR WRITING FLUID.--Take two gallons of Rain Water,
and put into it Gum Arabic one-fourth pound, Brown Sugar one pound,
clean Copperas one-fourth pound, Powdered Nutgall three-fourths pound;
mix, and shake occasionally for ten days, and strain; if needed sooner
let it stand in an iron kettle until the strength is obtained. This ink
will stand the action of the atmosphere for centuries if required.
TO MAKE RUBBER STAMP INK.--Dissolve Aniline in hot Glycerine, and
strain while hot or warm.
COMMERCIAL WRITING INK.--Galls one ounce, Gum one-half ounce, Cloves
one-half ounce, Sulphate of Iron, one-half ounce, Water eight ounces.
Digest by frequent shaking till it has sufficient color. This is a good
durable ink and will bear diluting.
TRAVELERS' INK.--White Blotting Paper is saturated with Aniline Black,
and several sheets are pasted together, so as to form a thick pad. When
required for use a small piece is torn off and covered with a little
water. The black liquid which dissolves out is a good writing ink. A
square inch of paper will produce enough ink to last for a considerable
writing, and a few pads would be all that an exploring party need carry
with them. As water is always available the ink is readily made. This
is a perfectly original and new recipe. Any enterprising man can make a
large income out of its manufacture.
INDELIBLE MARKING INK WITHOUT A PREPARATION.--Dissolve separately one
ounce of Nitrate of Silver and one and one-half ounces of Sub-Carbonate
of Soda (best washing soda) in rain water. Mix the solutions and
collect and wash the precipitate in a filter; while still moist rub it
up in a marble or hardwood mortar with three drachms of Tartaric Acid,
add two ounces of Rain Water, mix six drachms White Sugar and ten
drachms powdered Gum Arabic, one-half ounce Archill and Water to make
up six ounces in measure. It should be put up in short drachm bottles
and sold at twenty-five cents. This is the best ink for marking clothes
that has ever been discovered. There is a fortune in this recipe, as a
good marking ink is very salable.
INVISIBLE INK.--Sulphuric Acid one quart, Water twenty parts; mix
together and write with a quill pen, which writing can be read only
after heating it.
HORTICULTURAL INK.--Copper one part, dissolve in Nitric Acid ten parts
and add Water ten parts; used to write on zinc or tin labels.
GOLD INK.--Honey and Gold Leaf equal parts, Turpentine until the Gold
is reduced to the finest possible state of division, agitate with
thirty parts Hot Water and allow it to settle. Decant the Water and
repeat the washing several times; finally dry the Gold and mix it with
a little Gum Water for use.
SILVER INK.--For silver ink the process is the same as gold,
substituting Silver Leaf for the Gold leaf.
INDELIBLE INK FOR GLASS OR METAL.--Borax one ounce, Shellac two ounces,
Water eighteen fluid ounces; boil in a covered vessel, add of thick
Mucilage one ounce; triturate it with Levigated Indigo and Lamp Black
q.s. to give it a good color. After two hours' repose decant from the
dregs and bottle for use. It may be bronzed after being applied.
Resists moisture, chlorine and gases.
BROWN INK.--A strong decoction of Catechu. The shade may be varied by
the cautious addition of a little weak solution of bicromate of potash.
LUMINOUS INK.--Shines in the dark. Phosphorous one-half drachm, Oil
Cinnamon one-half ounce; mix in a vial, cork tightly, heat it slowly
until mixed. A letter written in this ink can only be read in a dark
room, when the writing will have the appearance of a fire.
TICKETING INK FOR GROCERS, ETC.--Dissolve one ounce of Gum Arabic in
six ounces of Water and strain; this is the Mucilage; for a _black
color_ use Drop Black, powdered and ground with the mucilage to extreme
fineness; for _blue_, Ultra-Marine is used in the same manner; for
_green_, Emerald Green; for _white_, Flake White; _red_, Vermillion,
Lake or Carmine; for _yellow_, Chrome Yellow. When ground too thick
they are thinned with a little water. Apply to the cards with a small
brush. The cards may be sized with a thin glue, afterward varnished, if
it is desired to preserve them.
COMMON INK.--To one gallon boiling Soft Water add three-fourths ounce
Extract of Logwood; boil two minutes; remove from the fire and stir in
forty-eight grains Bichromate of Potash and eight grains Prussiate of
Potash. For ten gallons use six and one-half ounces Logwood Extract,
one ounce Bichromate of Potash, and eighty grains Prussiate Potash;
strain. Six cents should buy the former and twenty-five cents the
latter.
RED INK.--In an ounce phial put one teaspoonful Aqua Ammonia, Gum
Arabic size of two or three peas, and six grains No. 40 Carmine. Fill
up with soft water and it is soon ready for use.
INK FOR MARKING PACKAGES.--Take Lamp Black and mix thoroughly with
sufficient Turpentine to make it thin enough to flow from the brush.
Powdered Ultra-Marine instead of Lamp Black, makes a fine blue marking
mixture for the same purpose.