Re: Dichromate stain/image

Terry King (101522.2625@CompuServe.COM)
26 Aug 96 04:16:47 EDT

Judy:

>I hasten to reassure you that such devices are not unknown even in the
>Boots-less colonies.

I find references by Brits to 'the colonies' a bit wince making. I wonder if the
Dutch still make references to Manhattan in that way.
I know Macy's and you know Boots which I tend to refer to because in its
pharmacy I can get many alt process materials across the counter without having
to go to Silverprint ( 17 mins) or Process Supplies (half an hour) or wait for
mail order. Same for pharmacies most places. It's a welcome chjange from doling
out the tranquilisers.

> In fact, I have tried at least 15 different
>>varieties, with varying nozzles and delivery principles, from atomizers to
>spray bottles. Now here's why I asked (are you ready?): I have not found
>one to deliver a *mist.*

I think that I have forgotten what this is all about. Was it something to do
with stretching paper ? Brown sticky tape, blockboard and a hake brush work well
for me so I suspect that I might consider the atomiser a bit of an over
complication.

>If you examine the delivered water (best seen perhaps on a hard surface,
>like glass), you will see it arrives in droplets, and might as well be a
>firehose for the harm it would do for certain purposes.

Which ?

>. From perfume
>atomizer to empty "Fantastic" container, the drops all seem equally large.
>(OK for some purposes, not others.)

What's Fantastic ?

>My thought was that perhaps for $80 you might actually get a mist, though
>that was to be further explored, and I realize could hardly be taken for
granted. However, since the name of the object was "Dahlia Mister," I
>considered that a hopeful sign.

I am sure that it is but I still do not understand what it is for.

>But let add that, having bought such dispersal contrivances for two
>dollars, I found them inferior (more likely to go on the blink or spring a
>leak) to the ones you get by emptying the contents of a one dollar
>container of glass cleaner.

Which brings us to alternative uses of domestic products for alternative
processes. We know that Diet Coke is an effective spermicide, there has been a
useful thread on this point, but now I find that it as effective and cheaper
than proprietary sink cleaners for bringing back that brand new glow to
stainless steel sinks where the water is hard, but has anyone tested its
effectiveness as a developer for pl/pd prints ?

Incidentally the sodium hydroxide in the gravure thread came from my kitchen
cupboard. It seems to work quite well on collodion in the U bend.

Terry