Re: Paper - baby oil Digi Negs

[jefulton1 <jefulton1@comcast.net>]

Perhaps this is redundant but I've just arrived at the studio from a 4- 
hour hazards lecture/info-session given by Monona Rossol of NYC who  
counsels, consults and lectures all over on artist's tools and  
material hazards. Turpentine is, as Judy so so correctly states, is  
extremely bad. Her choice of mineral spirits is smart. I could on and  
on and on, as does Monona, about the hazards we encounter in the  
process of making our photographic art. In other words, always take  
care, wear proper gloves, if you require an apparatus to filter your  
breathing double-check it works, that you are fit enough to wear the  
restricted flow of air, etc.
Jack F




On Aug 28, 2009, at 8:17 PM, Judy Seigel wrote:

> > Turps wouldn't be very good for this application because there will  
> > always
> be a residue of the resins left behind.
>
>  turpentine is one of the two most allergenic substances known for  
> humans (the other being chrome)....
>
>  I'd wake up in the middle of the night covered with giant hives,  
> and awful itchy rashes, until finally it was diagnosed. Now,  
> needless to say, I don't enter a room where I know turpentine has  
> been used within living memory...
>
> I'd also suggest it's not worth the risk for anyone any time...  
> There are other strategies... I can for instance use odorless  
> mineral spirits, I do that with great care and in the smallest  
> amounts possible (for instance, paper or rags used in wiping, are  
> discarded ELSEWHERE)  but it doesn't have the same allergic  
> potential.... at least not in my studio.