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Re: cleaning up after gum...



""WHat do you think the recycle center does with your waste.. Ship it to Mars???"

Very funny.  Ok, I'll bite, Marek.  What DO they do with it?  Flush it down the drain?

On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 8:57 PM, Marek Matusz <marekmatusz@hotmail.com> wrote:
Paul,
It is Ok to wash your brushes in the sink
"WHat do you think the recycle center does with your waste.. Ship it to Mars???"
Marek 
> Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 13:45:58 -0700
> From: viapiano@pacbell.net

> Subject: cleaning up after gum...
> To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca

>
> Hi all...
>
> Getting ready to try my first gum print...
>
> I have a question concerning cleaning up properly...
>
> Is it OK to wash brushes in the sink...also leftover gum+wc+dichromate
> solution (less than 3ml)...?
>
> Should I save first wash water for the toxic collection center?
>
> I want to be as environmentally responsible as possible. I currently save
> all fix, selenium, used developer, etc for my silver printing and take it to
> the collection center...
>
> Thanks!
>
> Paul
>
>


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