[alt-photo] Re: WISH LIST

[francis schanberger]

slight detour but we are cleaning out a retiring professor's darkroom and
came across a case of Photographers Formulary Amidol here at the University
of Dayton. Free to a good home if you pay for shipping or pick up.

-francis

On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 1:46 PM, <glassact at compuserve.com> wrote:

> Bob:
>   We did the same here not too long ago, and I was able to offer chemicals
> to list folk cheaply to get them out of the stores.  You might consider the
> same.  We had, for example, 20 bottle of potassium dichromate in the
> chemical stores, and needed one.  The rest went for 5-10$ a bottle to list
> members.
>   All this to say - ask how much they need to remove from the shelves, and
> let us know if there is surplus.  It can save the college a lot of money,
> keep the chemicals out of the landfills, and make a bit of money for your
> program.
>   Best - Ed
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Knoppow <dickburk at ix.netcom.com>
> To: The alternative photographic processes mailing list <
> alt-photo-process-list at lists.altphotolist.org>
> Sent: Mon, Oct 1, 2012 1:39 pm
> Subject: [alt-photo] Re: WISH LIST
>
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "BOB KISS" <bobkiss at caribsurf.com>
> To: "'The alternative photographic processes mailing list'"
> <alt-photo-process-list at lists.altphotolist.org>
> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2012 10:29 AM
> Subject: [alt-photo] WISH LIST
>
>
> DEAR LIST,
>
>             I have the curious opportunity of submitting a
> wish list to the
> local university chem lab manager.  They are culling
> chemicals that are not
> or are no longer required for their syllabus.  They are
> having a toxic waste
> service dispose of the chems and this will cost them money.
> Though they
> will not let me wander through their storage area they will
> take my wish
> list and get me anything they have that is on my list.  I
> will actually be
> saving them money because they will be paying for everything
> the waste
> disposal service has to carry away.
>
>             This long explanation is to let you know why I
> am asking for
> suggestions for my wish list.  Basically I want to add just
> about any chem I
> might ever use for alt photo!  My main interests are pt/pd,
> cyano, salt,
> albumen, and gum as well as toners for silver-gelatin
> prints.
>
>             Sooooooooooo, if anyone is willing to compile a
> list of what
> they think a good alt photo lab should have in inventory,
> please let me
> know.  I think this would be interesting for many list
> members, especially
> those newer to these processes so I hope the "minders" don't
> object to this
> being done on-list.
>
>                         CHEERS!
>
>                                     BOB
>
>
>      Don't forget the common conventional chemicals, see if
> they want to give away any photographic developers, sulfite,
> carbonates, hydroxide, hypo, and etc.
>
>
> --
> Richard Knoppow
> Los Angeles
> WB6KBL
> dickburk at ix.netcom.com
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