Waterproofing for shoes; Workwoman's Guide

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The Workwoman's Guide. A Lady. 1840. pp. 227

No. 62

TO MAKE SHOES WATERPROOF.

One pound of mutton suet, four ounces of bees-wax, two ounces of venice turpentine, mixed altogether; the bees-wax being melted and strained.

Put on the composition with a hare's foot or brush, drying it before the fire, and repeating it at intervals of time, till all the seams and little cracks are filled up.

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French Polish for Boots, Shoes, and Harness

The Workwoman's Guide. A Lady. 1840. pp. 229

No. 69

FRENCH POLISH FOR BOOTS, SHOES, AND HARNESS.

A quarter of a pound of glue, hald a pound of logwood chips, a quarter of an ounce of indigo, powdered very fine, a quarter of an ounce of soft soap, a quarter of an ounce of isenglass.

Boil these ingredients in two pints of vinegar and one pint of water, during ten minutes after the ebullition begins.

Then strain the liquid; when cold it is fit for use, and may be put into either pint of half-pint bottles.

The dirt must be sponged off the boots and shoes, and the polish afterwards put on with a clean sponge; should the polish ever become too thick, it must be held near to the fire to warm a little, when the heat will give it the proper liquescence.