[alt-photo] Re: Another tricolor...

[Doug Taylor]

Paul,

What do you do with the first wash water that gets bottled?

Thanks, Doug


On Jun 9, 2010, at 7:23 PM, Paul Viapiano wrote:

> I'm not a pigment addict and couldn't tell you a real cad from a  
> fake one, and all those PY PR PB numbers or whatever? Well, who  
> knows about all that, I certainly don't.
>
> And, yes, cadmium is not a good thing for the environment. That's  
> why it was removed from gelatin silver paper and so many other  
> things years ago.
>
> But, like cadmium, potassium and ammonium dichromates are also  
> devastating to the environment regardless of who tells you that they  
> are OK or benign. So that is why none of it, cadmium or dichromate,  
> goes down my drain. All first wash water gets bottled and all brush  
> cleaning water along with it. None of this stuff belongs in a public  
> drain, regardless of who tells you otherwise.
>
> Don't rely on experts. Experts said offshore underwater drilling was  
> safe, too.
>
> Thanks, Judy, for this opportunity to get on my semi-annual soapbox.
>
> Paul
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy Seigel" <jseigel at panix.com>
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> >
> Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 3:54 PM
> Subject: [alt-photo] Re: Another tricolor...
>
>
>>
>> On Wed, 9 Jun 2010, Marek Matusz wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Paul
>>>
>>> Cadmium is a very intense and opaque yellow. Did you use it as a  
>>> first layer? What was your registration method.
>>>
>>> For oil painting you can not substitute it with anything else. I  
>>> wonder if I am missing something by not using it.
>>>
>>> Marek
>>
>> I speak here beyond my area of expertise, but re something I've  
>> heard so ioften and on such authority, I feel compelled to mention  
>> it...
>>
>> If that IS real *cadmium,* it's pernicious & evil environmentally,  
>> so (presumably) even in small quantities shouldn't be added to ....  
>> free flowing water.
>>
>> (This has in the past been replied to as OK, benign, etc. on the  
>> list, but I've continued to hear/read about the horror of cadmium,  
>> so mention it again...)
>>
>> J.
>>
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