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Show Ink for Labeling Bottles. In a small bottle place an ounce and a quarter of methylated alcohol, add a half-ounce of shellac, and when this last is dissolved immerse the bottle bot-tle in hot water until the solution is warm. Then add slowly, while stirring stir-ring rapidly,, a solution composed of one hundred and fifty grains ot borax dissolved in two ounces ot water. Finally add coloring matter to suit, four or five grains of methyl violet vio-let being satisfactory and dissolving well upon shaking. This makes a very fine waterproof ink for writing tue m bels upon bottles and for other purposes pur-poses about the darkroom. |