الكاغد

Ingredients

شمع, لبن

Preparation Steps

Original Recipe Text

To erase writing from paper (kaghad), take equal parts of wax and milk. Mix them over a fire, then grind the mixture by hand. Use the resulting substance to 'pick up' or rub away the ink letters from the surface of the paper until the writing is removed (p. 139).

Evidence

"تأخذ شمعا ولبنا جزءين سواء ، تخلطهما بالنار ثم تسحقهما بيدك وتلقط بهما الحروف لقطا فإنه يمحو الكتابة"

Remarks

The section discusses various methods for erasing inks from parchment and paper, including the use of unslaked lime (kils ghayr mutfa) and mechanical erasure using a specialized paste (p. 139).