INDEX TO RECIPES.
Reading edition
WRITING INKS.
Removing Writing Ink from Paper 1
White Ink 3
Purple Hektograph Ink 3
A Dark Red Indelible Ink 4
Making Carmine 4
Violet Ink 5
Indelible Ink 5
To make Black Ink 6
An Ink which cannot be Erased 6
Copying Ink to be used without Press or Water 3
A Cardinal Ink 7
A Portable Ink 28
Indelible India Ink 28
Copying Inks 29
Invisible Writing 68
PRINTING INKS.
To Prevent Colored Inks from becoming Hard 81
To keep Colored Inks from Skinning 81
To Preserve Colored Inks 82
How to Brighten Common Qualities of Colored Inks 83
A Good Dryer 79
A Quick Dryer 61
Improved Dryer for Printing Ink 66
To take Printer’s Ink out of Silk 17
Red Printing Ink 68
Black Printing Ink 69
Colors for Printing Ink 71
Principal Colors of Gold for Grinding 45
MARKING INKS, ETC.
Ink for Rubber Stamps 7
Marking Ink 10
Black Ink for Stencils 6
Stencil Ink 2
Blue Marking Ink for White Goods 10
REMOVAL OF INK STAINS, ETC.
To Remove Writing Ink from Paper 1
To Remove Aniline Ink from the Hands 8
To take Ink Stains from the Hands 9
To Remove Grease Spots from Paper 13
How to Remove Colored Inks 81
Paper for taking out Ink Stains 14
To Remove Ruling Ink Stains from Fingers 17
To Remove Ink Spots 19
To Remove Oil Marks from Paper 20
To Remove Ink Stains from Mahogany 20
CARE OF BOOKS.
Care of Books 78
To Destroy Book Worms 77
How to Prevent Mildew on Books 78
GLUES, PASTES, MUCILAGE, ETC.
Solid Pocket Glue 20
To Test Glue 21
Book-Binder’s Glue 22
Cement for Glass 22
Postage Stamp Mucilage 26
To keep Mucilage Fresh 26
Mucilage 27
Mucilage for Pasteboard 27
Cement for Labels 23
A Colorless Cement 23
A Cement that will Resist the Damp 24
To make Glue Water-proof 24
Two Glue Receipts 25
A Good Paster 29
A Paste which will not Spoil 29
A Silver Solder 30
An Article for Labeling Bottles 8
For Making Dextrine 70
PRINTERS’ VARNISHES.
A Varnish for Color Prints 82
Printers’ Varnish 83
A Varnish for Paper 13
A Transparent Paper Varnish 53
COLOR AND GOLD LEAF PRINTING.
To Fix Bronze Colors on Glass 77
A Bronze or Changeable Hue 80
Gold Leaf Printing 80
Inking Surfaces for Color Work 82
Colors for Holding Bronze 2
Colors for Printing 51
ELECTROTYPING.
To Prevent Electrotype Blocks from Warping 69
Electrotyping on China 42
Electrotyping Handwriting 35
WOOD CUTS AND ENGRAVING.
Care of Wood Cuts 75
To Produce Engraving or Types for Printing by Photography 15
Different kinds of Engraving 36
Care of Wood Type 38
To Restore the Original Whiteness of Copper plate, Wood Engravings, etc. 42
To Transfer Engraving to Mother of Pearl 39
An Improved Process of Photo-Engraving 31
To Prevent Warping in Blocks and Wood 61
Stereotyping Wood Cuts 46
PAPER.
Waterproof Paper 56
How to Size poor Drawing Paper 56
Paper Soft and Flexible 19
Incombustible Writing and Printing Paper 17
Blue-Black Writing Paper 10
Electric Paper 30
Tinning Paper and Cloth 77
Gummed Paper from Cockling 57
Qualities of Good Paper 14
Impermeable Paper 53
Aniline Ink Paper 16
To make Paper Fine and Water-proof 52
To Bleach Sheepskin Parchment White 50
Carbon Paper 54
Luminous Paper 54
Sizes and Weights of Drawing Paper 55
Bronzed Paper 55
Transparent Drawing Paper 56
Paper for Labels 14
To Split a Sheet of Paper 15
Photo-Lithographic Transfer Paper 32
MISCELLANEOUS.
An Ink Restorer 2
To Obtain a Bright and Lasting Red Edge 41
To Mount Chromos 53
Sealing Wax 69
Photo Prints on Glass 46
Enamel for Fine Cards 35
To Bend a Rule 67
To Make a Corroded Pen 31
To Restore the Lustre of Morocco Leather 41
Non-erasible Pencil Marks 41
Copy Drawing in Color 57
Black Paint for Blackboards 33
To Preserve Pencil Sketches 37
Treatment of India Ink Drawings 9
To Clean Gilt Frames 67
Cleaning New Machinery 67
Washing Forms 59
A Hardening Gloss for Inks 84
A Modeling Material 84
Leaf Copying 84
Usual Sizes and Weights of Book papers 86
Usual Sizes and Weights Colored Print or Poster 86
Painting on Ebonized Wood 43
To Clean Steel Pens 33
To Clean a Chamois Skin 12
Dryer for Ruling Inks 85
Usual Sizes and Weights of News Printing Paper 86
Usual Sizes of Flat and Ledger Papers 87
Size of Newspaper Sheets and Number of Columns 85
STATIONERS’ WINDOWS.
Stationers’ Windows 33
Hints on Dressing the Store Windows 12
To Prevent Window Steaming 18
GILDING.
For Cheaply Gilding Bronze, etc. 11
Electro-Gilding in Colors 19
How Gilding is Done 43
Gilding with Gold Leaf 46
Gilding on Wood 47
Gilding in Oil 48
METALS.
Coloring Metals 11
Copper Plating on Zinc 38
An Alloy for Glass or Metal 30
Writings on Metals 45
TYPE.
Laying Type 76
Metal for Stereotyping 40
Effect of Petroleum Oil on Wood Type 79
Remedy for Type that Sticks in Distributing 76
Care of Wood Type 38
To Ascertain the Quantity of Plain Type Required for Newspapers 75
Repairing Battered Wood Type 82
PRINTERS’ ROLLERS.
Keeping Rollers when not in Use 62
Preservative of Rollers when not in Use 62
Rollers in Summer Time 63
To Keep Green Mould from Rollers 63
Treatment of Old Rollers 64
A Recipe for Printer’s Rollers 64
When to Wash Rollers 66
Oils for Lubricating Roller Moulds 62
PRINTING METHODS.
Gloss Printing 49
Colors for Printing 51
Off-Setting 83
Printing Envelopes 60
On “Casting Up” 74
To Prevent Set-off 61
Temperature of the Pressroom 65
LYE.
A Strong Lye 79
A Cheap Lye 77