Paper and Printing
RECIPES

A Handy Volume of Practical Reci-
pes, Concerning the Every-Day
Business of Stationers, Print-
ers, Binders, and the
Kindred Trades.

PUBLISHED BY
J. SAWTELLE FORD,
OFFICE OF “THE STATIONER AND PRINTER,”
CHICAGO.

Entered according to the Act of Congress, in
the year 1883, by
J. SAWTELLE FORD,
In the Office of the Librarian at Washington.

GLIMPSE OF CONTENTS.

This Volume has nearly Two Hundred valuable Recipes for Stationers, Printers, Bookbinders, etc. These Recipes are thoroughly practical, and such as come up in every day’s work. They have been gathered from many sources, and are endorsed by the best workmen of the United States and Europe.

INDEX TO RECIPES.

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]