Re: Diet Coke
Michael J. Coslo (mjc5@email.psu.edu)
Thu, 27 Feb 1997 08:31:46 -0500
>At the end I gave a demonstration of gum,VDB, cyanotype and platinum
>printing. The first three worked fine but then I realised that I had left
>my platinum developer at home.
>
>Remembering the contents of Diet Coke, and its various uses unconventional
>uses, we got a can from the dispenser and used it to develop the print.
Probably would be best to stick with the diet Coke. Sugar and photo
prints do not mix very well. One old method of retouching used a sugar/dye
solution to spot glossy prints. It worked very well, but ants were
attracted to it. Ansel Adams noted he had seen prints under glass where the
ants were making a meal of the retouch.
Has anyone tried beer?
mjc5@psu.edu