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Coloring Finishing And Painting Wood
84. Osage Orange.—A stain which is almost identical with fustic is made from "hedge" or osage-orange trees growing in various parts of the United States.10 It is obtainable both in powdered form and as a liquid extract, and is useful as a yellow to golden-brown dye.
Its trade name is Aurantine. This new dyestuff, which was developed during the World War, shows practically the same qualities and reactions as fustic, and is used in the same manner. It produces tones which are slightly brighter and redder than those made by fustic.
85. Brazil-Wood.—A rose-pink dye is made from Brazilwood, which is gradually going off the market; but it is sometimes obtainable, usually in the form of sticks or extracted liquor. The dye is weak and somewhat fugitive. Brazil-wood was formerly used in the manufacture of rose pink lake, and the coloring-matter is frequently classed as a pigment. Wood-finishers formerly used Brazil-wood dyes compounded with gallnuts, cochineal, dragon's blood, saffron, or logwood in producing various red, purple, violet, and black stains.
86. Red Sanders, or Red Sandalwood.—This wood is shipped in large logs or sticks, the heart-wood being ground and sold as powder. Sometimes the dyestuff may be obtained in bags in the form of chips. It makes a red coloring-matter which is soluble in alcohol and ether, but which is only slightly or sparingly soluble in water. It is obtainable in the ground form on the New York market, and is good as a coloring-agent for spirit-varnishes a7)d. sometimes, for other purposes. Bombay is a shipping-point from which it is obtained.
Eed sanders was formerly used in red spirit-stains, and was sometimes modified in color by mixing it with logwood extract and camwood dissolved in alcohol.
87. Camwood Bark.—The bark of camwood, in ground form, is the raw material for a dye which is occasionally used. It is obtainable on the New York market, but is not now in great demand. Camwood is also called barwood. In England it was formerly used as a dye for bandanna handkerchiefs.
88. Quercitron.—This dye is made from the inner bark of an oak tree (Quercus citrina or Quercus tinctoria) which grows in the east and southeastern parts of the United States, especially in Pennsylvania, Georgia, and the Carolinas.
While Quercitron is an American dyestuff it has been extensively exported to Germany. In this country, its use has largely been in the dyeing of woolen goods and leather, and in calico printing, where it is used with mordants of iron, chromium, tin, and aluminum. On the market it appears as a powder of a buff or yellowish color, and has an astringent taste.
