American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1822-12-03
From the .NelU York Statesman.
TO WOOLLEN MANUFACTURERS.

no WOOLLE.N MANUFACTURERS.
beg leave to inform you that bed Of excellen
Fullcrs Earth has been discovered on the margin O
the North River, in the state of New York. A
this article has ever been consider ed grand desid
eratum in the woollen manufacture, congratulate,
you on the discovery, and more particularly that
ia owned by an individual, who possess so mucl
berality as TO offer it for sale in this city" at tn
same price it is sold at in the manufacturing dis
tricts in England thus placing you, 80 far as thi
article is concerned, on par with European manu-
facturers.
As it is presumed you are mostly unacquantet
with it's use and value, have, Tor your information
added statement OF the mode oil applying it, snt
the advantages to be derived therefrom.
You must be aware that fullers earth is the onl,
material with which coloured cloth ought 10 b.
cleansed, well black as blue and that before clotf
is coloured in the piece tits absolutely necessary
use this article to prepare it TO receive the dye. Yot
may not, however, he equally aware that the supe
rlority of the colours imported from Europe, are
in great degree attributable TO their using thi.
earth after the manner herein after described.
Fullers earth when dry, if good, should be smooth
and slippery like soap; II hould not perfectly dis
solve in water, but when immersed in that fluid in
dry state it falls so rs to assume the appearance
OF suds and on rubbing the hands with Il in this
smooth. Its use on cloth, is FIRST TO clean all the
soap and grease out after braying and before fung
and to cleanse the colour and soap out after fulng
In colourng Of cloth il is ever used to prepare fol
the dye and to cleanse the colour out after dyeing
Earth is not only the best agent with which TO per
form these operations, but what is equally impor
tant, it is the cheapest of any, il will be sold
one dollar per one hundred pounds
On cleansing Of cloth previous to and after dying.
Many Of the minor operations in factory, which
those who are not we'll versed in the business are
apt to neglect an Of little or consequence, have
an important bearing on the we'll being of the whole
Such are the operations am now about to describe
and am sorry to have to observe that they are toe
generally neglected in this country. I must re-
mark land it cannot be too forcibly impressed) tina
to clean cloth well from grease and other extrane
Gus matter, previous 10 dying, is necessary preIi
minary to the production of good colours and to
cleanse them we'll afterwards, is equally necessary
to the maintenance Of the manufacturers reputation
Blue, black, and other dark colours, are streamed
before they carried to the fullng mill they are
then taken to the stocks and washed under the ha
mcrs, until the water runs clear from them, when
they are taken out and hung upon long wooden peg.
(placed in the walls of the buildug) till the follow
ing day they are then taken down, spread open
aud wet fulers earth thrown all over the face the
lists are now thrown together and they are carefully
placed In the stocks, which plugged up, and
the hammers let down, and permitted to play on
the cloth, without wser, for half hour or forty
minutes; the cloth is then handed out, the lists
pulled square, and the earth spread even on the
cloth, and more earth added If necessary the cloth
is then put again into the stocks and the hammers
suffered to play upon one or two hours, after which
small quantity OF water is let run into the stocks
not more than would pass through large wheaton
straw, for one hour. in order that the earth may be
diluted slowly and by degrees. After that the cloth
is once more handed out, the lists pulled square
then put again into the stocks and the plug pulled
out, when sufficient quantity Of water is introdu-
ced to make it perfectly clear. During the las
operation, tits to be from time to time handed out
in order to prevent its taking wrong position in
the stocks and being torn.
The water that comes out or the stocks shows
whether the cloth is clean for that which runs ou
oughttobe equally clear that which in. If or
trying the cloth, you perceive it stills rolls, it mus
be worked with earth second time. River or clea
rain water is the best to mix with the earth, ant
spring water for washing it out.
To prepare cloth for dying, it mus, be worked
with earth before directed, only when it has gon,
the first half hour in the earth, small stream o
water i. let run in for half an hour, and then full