Another formula for a similar paste is as follows: Rye whisky 2 pints, water 1 pint, powdered starch 4¼ ozs., good glue 1¼ ozs., Venice turpentine 1¼ ozs. Mix the whisky and water together, then stir in the starch and make a thick paste. Separately dissolve the glue in an equal weight of water, and mix the Venice turpentine therein, mix thoroughly, and then compound this mixture with the thick paste by constantly stirring until all is well incorporated.
Paste for attaching labels to polished nickel. Dissolve 400 parts by weight of dextrine in 600 parts of water, and add 20 parts of glycerine and 10 parts of glucose. Heat the mixture to 194° F.
Another formula is as follows: Mix 400 parts by weight of dextrine with water, and add 200 parts of water together with 20 parts of glucose and 10 parts of aluminium sulphate.
Mucilage for attaching labels to tin. I. Shellac 8 parts, borax 4 parts, water 60 parts. Boil until the shellac is dissolved.
II. To 2 parts of dammar varnish add 8 parts of tragacanth mucilage.
III. An excellent mucilage for the purpose consists of starch paste to which a small quantity of Venice turpentine has been added.
IV. Make a paste of corrosive sublimate 2½ parts, wheat flour 200, absinthe 100, tansy 50, water 3000. This mucilage is useful for vessels kept in a damp place.
Mucilage for office use. Gum arabic 100 parts, aluminium sulphate 6 parts, glycerine 10, dilute acetic acid 20, distilled water 140. Dissolve, in a wide-mouthed glass bottle, the gum arabic in cold distilled water, stirring frequently. Let the solution stand 2 or 3 days, then add the glycerine, later on the dilute acetic acid and finally the aluminium sulphate. Strain through a hair sieve, allow to clarify, and decant from the sediment.
Glycerine paste for office use. Dissolve 4 ozs. of gum arabic and 8 drachms of glycerine in 12 ozs. of boiling water.
Clean and durable paste. Dissolve 5 ozs. of gum arabic in 4 quarts of warm water, and thicken to a paste with wheat flour. Then add a solution of alum and sugar of lead, 3 ozs. of each in water. Heat the mixture and stir it until it is about to boil, and then cool it. If too thick, add gum solution.