RE: Coffee bean grinder + Chris's prints & blather
DEAR JACK, Happy to help. I was actually hoping that there might be another formula about which I hadn't heard...Ansco 118. CHEERS! BOB -----Original Message----- From: Jack Fulton [mailto:jefulton1@comcast.net] Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 12:29 PM To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca Subject: Re: Coffee bean grinder + Chris's prints & blather Note my words inserted between your lines Bob On Nov 17, 2008, at 5:47 AM, BOB KISS wrote: > DEAR JACK, > Two things: > 1) There is an omission of a decimal point in your formula below. > It should > be 9.5 grams of hydroquinone, not 95 grams. You are absolutely correct . . it is 9.5 rather than 95 > > 2) Checking back as far as my 1978 Photo Lab Index supplements, I > found a > GAF #115 formula exactly the same as yours below but couldn't find > an Ansco > #118. Were you referring to #115 or was there, indeed, an Ansco > #118? I > know that the company was once known as Ansco/GAF but that isn't > really the > issue. Again, Bob, you are on the mark . . I type too fast and glance too fast at the titles. My PhotoLab Index is from 1957. I found it one day in book shop and used it to teach myself photography . . along with other books. Thanks for the corrections. > > CHEERS! > BOB > > ________________________________________ > From: Jack Fulton [mailto:jefulton1@comcast.net] > Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2008 4:04 PM > To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca > Subject: Re: Coffee bean grinder + Chris's prints & blather > > > On Nov 14, 2008, at 12:19 AM, eric nelson wrote: > > > Different Eric here but I got a good price for silver nitrate a > while back > from saltlakemetals.com. I looked at one of my bottles to get you > that name > and I may need a coffee grinder too. =\ > > Glycin will turn bad pretty quick once opened even in a dry state. > I think > claims of a red tone from that dev are inaccurate but on some papers > no > longer made, it might have done that. That formula looks similar to > Ansco > 130. Warm tones can be better achieved with Ansco 115. Higher > dilutions > make it warmer BUT I used it with some Oriental Warmtone paper and was > underwhelmed by it's lack or warmth from what I was used to with > Forte, > (sniff, I miss Forte paper). > Thanks for link to silver nitrate . . . great price. > The actual formula for the Ansco 130 has Metol in it, twice as much > Sulfite > and Hydroquinione. Why the Kodak one does not I am not sure. Ansco > also had > another formula, #118 > Sulfit 90 grams > Sod Carb 150 > Glycin 30 > Hydroquin. 95 > Pot Brom 4 > > But your note that it will deteriorate once opened is a good > thought. Though > I must say that when I bought it years and years ago it also did not > work > as implied. > Thanks > Jack F > > > > Kodak formula: > H2O 750 mls > Sod Sulfite 25 grams > Glycin 4 " > Sod Carb 30.4 " > Pot Brom 1 " > to make 1 liter > Dilute 1:2 w/water > > Exposures must be adjusted and color is determined by length of > development. > > Have any of you ever tried this? My luck is nil . . . but my > thoughts have > led to the idea that perhaps an immensely long exposure > is necessary. > > And, finally, looking @ Chris' new messy, moldy, brush strokey pix, > the ones > appealing to me is the 1st Father Daughter image for it reminds me > of Louis Duco Du Hauron's image of the city of Agen, virtually the > world's > first color outdoor image, which employed virtually the same basic > premise as tri-color gum > And that last photo, the hand-colored Mordancage, "After Richter" w/ > that > blue vein. Both are quite interesting to view again. > > What'm I doin here . . . writing a blog? But hope some answers come > to the > multiple questions or POV's. > > Jack F > > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature > database 3615 (20081115) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 3618 (20081117) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com
|