Re: Alum?
Posted by Catherine Cartwright Jones on September 05, 1999 at 03:38:32:
In Reply to: Re: Alum? posted by Dilly on September 05, 1999 at 02:07:07:
It's used as an astringent and as a styptic, and is used in dying
iand tanning. ...sort of aluminum sulphate. It's often used with
natural dyes, and it's in styptic sticks. Sometimes you find it in the
canning supplies in the grocery store.
I used to use a styptic stick (alum) to stop all the little nicks from
leg-shaving. It stings a lot when you do that...
The formula's in the dictionary, but I don't know how to put all the
little numbers halfway down when I'm typing it out.