Re: Van Dyke Help Sought

SCHRAMMR@WLSVAX.WVNET.EDU
Fri, 13 Sep 1996 10:57:58 -0400 (EDT)

Judy,

Don't ask where I get my formulas. I am an absent-minded professor.
I collect formulas and try them as I get time, but I am also of the
"if it ain't broke don't fix it school" so if I find something that
works I leave it alone until someone shows me something better.

Third ingredient is my old friend Oxalic Acid, which if you remember
I also use in my cyanotype formula because I believe it gives me whiter
whites and less bleeding. That one I have tested but not the Kallitype
formula variations. For the record:

Oxalic Acid 0.5 gm
Ferric Oxalater 7.8 gm
Silver Nitrate 3.1 gm
Water 47 cc

Allow to "ripen" for three days before use.

Since the metric quantities are somewhat strange I suspect that this
was an "old" formula that I converted from an English system

Bob