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RE: Gum Application



Judy,

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Not to mention that you guys in the wide open spaces can fill your grand 
workrooms with all those rollers & water troughs and still have room to 
swing a cat, 
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Well my tiny darkroom is packed to the hilt so I have no advantage there and
my 17 pound tom cat would never allow himself to be swung around any where.

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  My city space is so crowded that when 
the phone rings it can take me so long to weave through the obstacles to 
answer it that folks ask if I was asleep.
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Time to get that wireless tele or blue tooth!

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the paraffined paper was ALWAYS 
mottled... seen especially when held up to the light.
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I think those imperfections are what makes Peter Liepke's work with waxed
negatives appealing.

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Someone had suggested beeswax so I tried it -- and it was like magic. 
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I was thinking that bees wax might be a possible alternative so I'll keep
that in mind.

Don