Re: Found it! (salicylic acid) (fwd)

Richard Sullivan (richsul@roadrunner.com)
Sun, 15 Jun 1997 08:14:45 -0600

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>On Sat, 14 Jun 1997, Robert wrote:

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>> Please excuse my ignorance, but what is "slow gum" ? Robert

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>I've found that different gum arabics have different speeds, that is, one

>gum 14 printed with a given formula and exposure time would go to, say

>step 8, another with the same formula & exposure, to step 12; others

>inbetween.

I saw some interesting gums done by Peter Frederick (I think I've got the name right) in Bath. He was using whole eggs, whites and yolks. I think he said he was using in stand-alone form and also mixed with gum arabic. Since Gloy is said to be faster than gum arabic, it might be that other colloids are slower. I know you don't like Gloy but I am using it as an example of speed. In the past, Le Pages mucilage was used, though I don't know if that is available anymore.

Your idea of fast and slow gums is very very interesting and something I want to investigate from the commercial side when I get back to developing gum kits.

Dick Sullivan

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