Re: glutaraldehyde source

[Cameron Young <cameronyoung@cameronyoung.com>]

thanks for the advice. I went ahead and ordered it and it arrived last night. 
I will start sizing paper next week.
Chris, am I right in understanding that you are using a range of between 6 
and 24 ml per liter of gelatin?

Cameron


On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:04:47 -0600, Christina Z. Anderson wrote
> Cameron,
> $200 for 500ml!!!!  Wow that is ridiculous.  And you DON'T, as Ryuji 
> says, want to handle concentrated amounts unless outdoors.  I bought 
> the 25% and poured it in enough water to dilute to 2.5% immediately, 
> outdoors, downwind, gloves on, way far from my face.
> 
> This looks like Maxicide I got from a med supply warehouse, although 
> mine was 2.5%.  I only use 6-24ml per liter of the stuff, so a 
> gallon would last you years--hope you have 10 friends to split it 
> with over the next 18 months of shelf life....
> 
> When I bought a quart of Maxicide it was about $12 or so, so $23 is 
> a good price.
> 
> Last time I had to size 60 16x20 sheets of paper so I actually tray 
> sized with gelatin all sheets and then the following day I did a big 
> tray of glut outside to harden the sheets.  This worked very well 
> and minimized any toxicity inside the house (hung them to dry 
> outside in garage).  It was cold outside still, even, and that did 
> not hurt anything, but when doing the same with formaldehyde outside 
> and then bringing the sheets into the warm house, they totally 
> outgassed and stung my eyes, but I've already shared that story 
> here. Chris
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Cameron Young" <cameronyoung@cameronyoung.com>
> To: <alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca>
> Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 2:23 PM
> Subject: glutaraldehyde source
> 
> >
> > I am looking for a source for glutaraldehyde here in Canada.  My local
> > chemical supplier claims they can only get me "certified" grade at $200 
> > for
> > 500ml.
> >
> > While looking at other options, I found this online:
> >
> > http://amaxsupply.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=134
> >
> > This seems to be similar to the Maxicide that Chris recommended a while 
> > back.
> > Do you think this would work for hardening gelatin and if so, at what 
> > ratio?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Cameron
> >
> >


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