Re: Dilution of Liquid Light with ethanol

j.r.anderson (j.r.anderson@mds.qmw.ac.uk)
Wed, 28 Aug 1996 09:29:51 +0100

>Jonathan Anderson suggested diluting liquid light with a mix of distilled
>water and ethanol 50/50 to cure a problem with crinkling. Why is ethanol
>used ? Why not just distilled water? Or even applying the liquid light
>sensitizer with a few drops of photoflo. I have tried that in applying
>Pt/Pd sensitizer in Translucent marker paper and it also was helpful. I
>will try it with ethanol but am curious why it is used.
>Stephen Harrison

Acutally, the reason I suggested the ethanol/water mix was because, when I
spoke to either the Liquid Light people or the Kentmere people (I think it
was the latter) about the problems relating to the viscosity of the product
and its application, their technical staff advised this mix... But I have
little experience, as I have not had time to play with it in any detail as
yet - I have not had time to check my notes, but the comments from other
list-watchers DO sound familiar: I seem to recall the Kentmere product
(marketed through Silverprint) is superior, but don't quote me on that! ;-)
By the way, the Kentmere product also does come in a (marginally) warm-tone
version, I think... I don't know if Liquid Light does or not.

Jonathan