[alt-photo] Re: platinum

[eric nelson]

Same-same here in Bangkok.  Toilet bowl cleaner here is 5% HCl but will
usually have some coloring added.  The present bottle we have now is bright
yellow.  Do your Turkish brands have coloring added and does it cause any
issues?
Eric


On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 11:49 PM, Loris Medici <mail at loris.medici.name>wrote:

> I was using the same washing regime as if I'm doing proper prints.
> Probably cutting a little shorter (up to half) wouldn't do any harm,
> since you have to hang the paper to dry and any remainder HCl (if
> any!) will eventually "evaporate" (keep the space well-ventilated)...
> In any case, I would always prefer papers that don't need any extra
> acid treatment step, since any form of acidifying does damage (small
> or not) to the paper in the long term...
>
> As for using concentrations with HCl, it's common household item here
> in Turkey, for cleaning toilets / bathtubs ect., especially so in the
> South / Southwest parts of the country, where water is quite hard,
> therefore I think it's pretty safe at lower concentrations. Can't
> speak the same for full strength HCl solution though; it's dangerous -
> I keep my concentrated solution outside in the balcony.
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