[alt-photo] Re: Alt-photo-process-list Digest, Vol 81, Issue 2

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Loris,
Unless there is the presence of an organic, it doesn't matter.  But 
drop a modicum of gum on your dichromate (e.g. get it accidentally on 
the dichromate eyedropper) and all bets are off.
chris



On Wednesday 03/03/2010 at 11:03 am, Loris Medici   wrote:
> Welcome Walter,
>
> Plastic bottles are OK. Apart amber bottles, I have also used plastic
> bottles; two types 1.PET (resin symbol 1) and 2.PP (resin symbol 5)
> w/o any adverse effects. Just keep them out of UV light. (Especially
> if they're transparent!)
>
> Regards,
> Loris.
>
>
> 2010/3/3 walter <walter23 at gmail.com>:
>>
>> Hi, I'm new to the list.
>> ...
>> Now, I'm going to mix up a bottle of saturated K-dichromate to keep
>> that variable constant.  Have any of you used plastic bottles?  I'm
>> having trouble finding brown glass bottles but the drug store gave me
>> a couple of plastic ones used for dispensing cough syrup / liquid
>> medication.  Would any of you seasoned gum printers recommend skipping
>> that and ordering some glass ones?  I know where to get them but I'm
>> sort of intensely trying to work out the printing methods right now
>> and I don't want to wait the week or two for a delivery.
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