Re: Garden Centre photo supply

Ender100 (Ender100@aol.com)
Sun, 12 Apr 1998 00:34:20 -0400 (EDT)

I suppose you could use diet coke as a spermicide and see if anything
developes..

In a message dated 4/11/98 5:34:31 PM, KINGNAPOLEONPHOTO@compuserve.com
writes:

>I was listening to 'Today' on Radio 4 one morning over my porage. It was
>
>the centenary of Coca Cola leaving cocaine out of Coke. They commented
>on
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>the present recipe to the effect that it contained phosphoric acid which
>is
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>also an effective spermicide. Phosphoric acid is an effective developer
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>for Pt/Pd prints using the classic Willis method. There is enough of it
>in
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>Coke to develop a print but, I am to;d that it is best to use Diet Coke
>as
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>there is so much sugar in standard Coke that your print will become
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>birthday cake for bugs. I tried it on a demo once when I had left my
>
>potassium oxalate at home. I call the resulting print a 'Dietcokeotype'.
>