An Improved Varnish for Cleaning and Preserving Harness and other Leather Goods.
Year: 1888

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Varnish for Cleaning and Preserving Harness and
other Leather Goods.
SARAH BLANCHE BESWICK no occupation 408 Borough Road, Birkenhead Cheshire
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to an improved prepartion or composition for the purpose of
cleaning, renovating and preserving harness and leather generally, and imparting a
superior polish to same; and a simple method for preparing the same.
It is then
I take of methylated spirits of wine one pint in which I dissolve of gum shellac
The whole is
four ounces, of gum camphor half an ounce, and of resin, one ounce.
placed in a mixing machine for the space of forty eight hours, at the end of which
time, the different ingredients being thoroughly blended, I add sufficient Indigo
blue and drop black to bring the compound to the requisite colour.
bottled and ready for use. For application to brown leather I add in place of Indigo
blue and drop black, a small quantity of Red lavender, the exact amount in each case
slightly varying according to the strength, and the density of colour required. I use
the same proportions of the different ingredients for any quantity required.
use.
I claim for my invention superiority over all others of a like nature at present in
Its advantages are especially seen in its simple application to Harness,
considerably lessening labour, the improved polish it imparts, removing all stains &c.,
and its preservative properties.
SARAH BLANCHE BESWICK,
No occupation,
408, Borough Road, Birkenhead, Cheshire.

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I, SARAH BLANCHE BESWICK of 4 Redmond Street, Higher Tranmere, Birkenhead
in the County of Chester do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
My invention relates to an improved preparation or composition for the purpose
of cleaning, renovating and preserving harness and leather generally and imparting
a superior polish to same and to a simple method for preparing the same.
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The varnish is formed of varnish gum or gum resin such as shellac, camphor or
gum camphor or equivalent volatilizable solid having the property that camphor has
of dissolving in the same solvent to that in which the gum or gum resin, is
dissolved and of toughening the gum or gum resin employed, and a résin such as
rosin. These latter are dissolved in any easily volatilizable solvent capable of dissolving
them such for instance as alcohol.
In carrying out my invention I have found the following a very good. receipt.-
I take one pint of methylated spirits of wine in which I dissolve about four ounces.
of gum shellac, half an ounce of gum camphor and one ounce of resin. The whole
is placed in a suitable mixing machine for the space of forty-eight hours or allowed to
stand for that time being stirred or shaken at intervals of say two hours. The forty-
eight hours baving elapsed and the different ingredients being thoroughly blended, I
add sufficient indigo blue and drop black to bring the compound to the requisite colour.
It may then be bottled and is ready for use. For application to brown leather I add
in place of indigo blue and drop black, a small quantity of red lavender the exact,
amount in each case slightly varying according to the strength and the density of
colour required. For varnishing other coloured leather, other dyes can be added in
place of those already mentioned.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
An improved varnish for cleaning and preserving harness and other leather goods
consisting in a varnish gum or lac, camphor, and a resin dissolved in a volatilizable
solvent with or without the addition of a suitable colouring matter substantially as
described.