[alt-photo] Re: SPE and Liquid light developer hardner and fixer dilutions

[Peter Friderichsen]

Francis,

Re Sodium Metabisulfite vs. Potassium Metabisulfite?

AFAIK they can be used interchangeably. The latter is more often used 
in wine/beer making to keep sodium out of the diet although I have 
seen the sodium salt also available for sale. The former is less 
expensive so it is used more often in non-food applications.

Peter

At 11:08 AM 03/08/2010, you wrote:
>My head is still groggy from the long SPE weekend and travel. Great to
>finally meet Chris in person and Mark. Those were beautiful photo polymer
>gravures. And one must hold Chris' Chromoskedasic Sabattier prints in order
>to see them in all of their silvery goodness. I even liked the one that
>didn't plate out.  Congratualtions to Stephanie Obernesser on selling work
>there. I enjoyed talking to the undergraduate students about their
>portfolios.
>
>I need help with recipes relating to working with Liquid Light.
>
>Chris James recommends using a Maco hardner in Dektol. Does anyone have a
>recipe from scratch that could achieve the same thing?
>
>Also, I have a dilution for hypo for use with VDB but not a "normal"
>dilution for hypo for fixing papers. Working directions ask for a plain hypo
>with a hardner added. Could I add some of the Kodak Rapid Fix solution B
>(the sulfuric acid hardner) to the plain hypo to achieve this. Could someone
>suggest a starting point?
>
>Sodium Metabisulfite vs. Potassium Metabisulfite? Could I use the latter
>instead of the former for the Kodak Kodak Fixer 24 recipe? If not is Sodium
>Metabisulfite the one used in brewing beer? If so I can pick some up at the
>beer, wine and home brewing store across town.
>
>francis schanberger
>
>www.frangst.com
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