Sounds just like Photoflo. It is probably something called PEG. Tween 20 acts differently. Send me your address and I'll air mail you a free sample of the Tween 20 to try. You can report back to the List your evaluation of the two.
Dick
>Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 22:52:24 +0100
>From: Gasparinho <<nop51076@mail.telepac.pt>
>Subject: Tween 20 vs. Ilford Ilfotol
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>I canceled my appointements for today to further test this.
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>Result: My students are learning to coat faster than I expected!
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>The emulsion with the added Ilfotol seems to coat better but sinks too fast
>into the paper and results in a overall loss of density and much lower Dmax.
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>It was too good to be true.
>Carlos Gasparinho
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