[alt-photo] Re: platinum

[David Ashcraft]

I will take a look but I know the pt isn't old and lately it has been  
cold in the dkrm so probably heating the solution will do the trick.

My supplier said to use up the liquid and then add distilled water to  
the leftovers to make more solution.  If the pt is coming out of  
solution then there will be less of it on the paper, correct?    
Wouldn't this affect the prints or printing in some way?

Thanks, David

On Dec 20, 2010, at 6:09 AM, EJ Photo wrote:

> David, To me the real question is what color is the solid/ 
> precipitate? If is
> red crystals, than follow the normal path that Cor has mentioned. If  
> the
> prec is grayish/blackish then all the heating in the world will only  
> make
> more of it. Occasionally, your solution may have solid particles of  
> pt in it
> either from the manufacturing process or by repeated over heating.
>
> There is one well known reseller that I have seen weak and all too  
> often
> particles of solid PT in the solutions made from their chemicals.  
> Always
> mix, filter and keep a lid on the bottle to help prevent evaporation  
> since
> that too will put you in cycle of even more saturated, needing more  
> heating.
>
>
>
>
> Eric Neilsen
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>> photo-process-list-bounces at lists.altphotolist.org] On Behalf Of David
>> Ashcraft
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>> I have a bottle of platinum solution that has solids at the bottom of
>> it.  I'm wondering if I should try to get it back into solution or
>> what other course of action I should take?
>>
>
> David,
>
> Usually these Pt solutions are near saturation, a drop of temperature
> can precipitate Pt. Warming up to solution till around 40degC or so
> could help,
>
> Best,
>
> Cor
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