Q: preservative -- was: gum-Spirts of Salts

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From: Andre Fuhrmann (Andre.Fuhrmann@uni-konstanz.de)
Date: 02/03/00-03:37:19 AM Z


>if you mixed it from dry gum (as many do to adjust the viscosity) you
>would have to add a preservative -- thymol, glyoxal, formaldehyde -- ...

So you could use glyoxal as a preservative?! I have a bottle of glyoxal
sitting on my shelf, waiting to be good for something. How much would you
add, say, to 100ml of a solution of 1:2 (water : gum)? Could you also use
glyoxal as a preservative for vandyke or cyanotype sensitizer to prevent
fungus growth? Would that effect the sensitizer badly?

Andre


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