Re: why not gelatin

Jennifer Kolar (jkolar@monsoon.colorado.edu)
Wed, 14 May 1997 09:41:52 -0600 (MDT)

> From alt-photo-process-error@skyway.usask.ca Wed May 14 09:40 MDT 1997
> Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 11:27:15 -0400 (EDT)
> From: FotoDave@aol.com
> Subject: Re: why not gelatin
> To: alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca
> Comments: "alt-photo-process mailing list"
>
> In a message dated 97-05-14 10:49:35 EDT, jkolar@monsoon.colorado.edu
> (Jennifer Kolar) writes:
>
> << I have used gum w/ success on 16mm film, but that was applying the
> gum atop a cleared gelatin-based film , for the gum needs a surface to
> adhere to. >>
>
> Gum is also an animal product.
>

gum?!
Gum arabic is from arabica trees which grow, for example, in Brazil.
Is there something else in gum that I am not aware of, or is there
a different type of gum that you are referring to?
Jen Kolar