[Sca-cooks] Re: vinegar and iron

[Susan Fox-Davis]

Thank you Elizabeth!  Sinech and her son, then a charming, precocious
preteen, spent some time in "Mainland Caid" a while back.  OK, about a
decade back, and Guy has probably taken over NZ by now.  Where does the
time go?  Anyway.

Un-soapy steel wool dissolves faster in vinegar, but then again, rusty
nails are frequently available for free.  I've got a couple of Dutch ovens
around here that have seen better decades, maybe I should just keep vinegar
in them and use them as dyepots.  What does it mean, "saddening dyes"?  I
want all my arts projects to be happy. ;-)

Selene

Elizabeth A Heckert wrote:

>    Please forgive the bandwidth!
>
>    I forwarded Selene's comment about vinegar and iron as a leather dye
> to the SCA Natural dyes list.  I think the person who responded thought
> it was Selene posting, so I am forwarding her reply here.
>
>    Elizabeth
> From: "Lila Richards" <lila at ihug.co.nz>
> To: <SCA_NaturalDyes at yahoogroups.com>
>
> Hi Selene.
>
> I also use a little bit of vinegar in the water, with some iron - old
> rusty
> nails, because my son Guy (remember that little Southron Gaard boy in
> Tudor
> from way back?) helpfully acquired a large jar of them! - to make iron
> water
> for saddening dye colours.
>
> Sinech
> (Lila Richards)