Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 198, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 August 1915 — Substitute for Horn. [ARTICLE]

Substitute for Horn.

A cheap and easily made substitute for can be made of wheat flour and sodium silicate. This substitute is very hard and strong and, by inserting organic dye into the composition while mixing, it can be colored to imitate almost any kind of horn substance. The compound is made by mixing 10 parts (by volume) of sodium silicate (40 degrees Baume) with distilled water, and then stirring the resultant liquid into a thick paste with fine white wheat flour. The mass Is then allowed to Btand for three weeks, during which time it undergoes a chemical reaction that produces a hard, hornlike substance. This composition can be molded without pressure when first made and turned and machined like brass after it has set.