From: D. E. Adin (adin@frontier.net)
Date: 02/12/01-06:46:04 PM Z
Jeff,
That's a slight misquote.
and taken out of context!
I know you aren't quite so loose with your darkroom practices . . . .
>
> Craig Koshyk wrote:
> > ... the
> > small amount of pot ox I had on hand was well past its "sell
> by" date the
> > last time I made some prints so I disposed of it. ...
>
> Potassium Oxalate (dry form) does not go "bad" by old age no matter what
> date is on it. If mixed in solution, it will keep as well. However, an
> accumulation of iron and metal salts from developing prints may
> eventually lead to the slight fogging of prints. Usually enough
> developer is carried off with each print requiring replenishment with
> fresh developer so that the amount of impurities is kept minimized.
> Development time longer than a minute may raise the impurity level in
> the developer.
>
>
> > ... So the next time you are out of a pt/pd or kallitype
> developer check the
> > medicine cabinet or the spice rack. You may be able to develop
> that print
> > afterall.
>
> Interesting story, however one should compare the results of a "new"
> developer with those of what they had been using (typically potassium
> oxalate for Pt/Pd). One should find that the potassium oxalate
> developer will likely produce a print with more depth and substance far
> superior to that produced with other developers. I have tried several
> other developers and have always decided to stay with the potassium
> oxalate. Sometimes (as with Ammonium Citrate) if the "other" developer
> is mixed (50-50 for A.C.) with potassium oxalate the qualities of
> excellent depth and substance can be retained while taking advantage of
> some of the traits of the other developer.
>
> Just because an image has formed, does not guarantee it merit. Edward
> Weston had stated that a great print could even be made on a bath mat.
> True, but this is not haphazard; it is only after one has mastered
> printing on bath mats and employs the necessary associated materials and
> methods. Has anyone seen a Weston printed on a bath mat?
>
> --
> Jeffrey D. Mathias
> http://home.att.net/~jeffrey.d.mathias/
>
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