Re: Paraffin


Campos & Davis Photos (photos@campos-davis.co.uk)
Fri, 16 Jul 1999 13:29:23 +0100


I think this must be wrong as we drink liquid paraffin here, and I dont
think you could drink kerosene!!!! Liquid paraffin is what we use on paper
negs. It is not flammable, at least the negs dont spontaneously
combust!!!!!

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> From: Jack Fulton <jfulton@itsa.ucsf.edu>
> To: photos@campos-davis.co.uk
> Cc: alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca
> Subject: Paraffin
> Date: Friday, 16 July, 1999 8:38 AM
>
> In Britain, paraffin is what we in the US call kerosene, sometimes coal
oil.
> The paraffin for sealing jams and jellies is a pure product from
distilling
> petroleum.
> To distinguish it from a liquid form it is sometimes called paraffin wax.
> We also use on our kitchen drawers to make them slide easier in and out.
> When I was a kid, we'd build small wooden sleds, waxing the bottom
w/paraffin
> and coast down the summer gold California grass hills with great speed.
> JF
>



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