Re: dark gums

[Katharine Thayer <kthayer@pacifier.com>]

What I think is fun, is watching how bits and pieces of what I've  
posted here get picked up by people and used as a springboard to take  
them different places. That makes it worth the effort, when the  
information is not only useful, but generative for someone.

Katharine


On Jan 24, 2007, at 10:15 PM, Loris Medici wrote:

> Well, I haven't found this procedure by mysef (I mean by doing  
> extensive
> testing) - it's just a synthesis of what I've read in the list,  
> heard in
> Keith's Istanbul gum  workshop and on-line resources (like Katharine's
> site, Sam's article in unblinkingeye, your site and many others). All
> the info presented in these resources lets us rookies to start with
> ballpark figures and procedures - making our lives easier (faster and
> more effective tuning). Many thanks to experienced individuals kindly
> sharing their experience with others...
>
> Regards,
> Loris.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christina Z. Anderson [mailto:zphoto@montana.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 4:03 PM
> To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca
> Subject: Re: dark gums
>
>
> Hi Ilana and Loris,
>
> This is interesting how you explain it all, Loris, to find out I do it
> pretty much as you--the film cannisters are only about 30ml if I am  
> not
> mistaken and I mix my stock solution into a 60 ml container but use a
> bit
> more stock than you do in my final mix (and use colorized PDN negs,  
> too)
> but
> I have found, too, that about 1/2 tsp/2.5ml coats an 8x10, and I  
> mix my
> gum
> similarly.
>
> ..