From: Christina Z. Anderson (zphoto@montana.net)
Date: 12/17/02-12:51:22 PM Z
Sodium hydroxide is plain old lye, that has been around for years. It is
very caustic,but hey, lutefisk is cured in it and eaten am I not correct?
It's just not a substance you want to sit upon your skin in splatters and
get on your clothes because it'll burn and eat. But they sell it at a
grocery store so it can't be all that bad (Red Devil Lye).
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lisa Reddig" <lisa@julianrichards.com>
To: "Alternative" <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 10:26 AM
Subject: Formulary Developer 70
> Sorry, sometimes that send button gets hit for no reason.
>
> Let me start again.
>
> I just did my first Lith's using Photographer Formulary's Developer 70 for
> high-contrast film. It all came out great. My question is the danger of
> the chemicals. There is hydroquinone, potassium metabisulfite & potassium
> bromide in Part A. Only sodium hydroxide in Part B. There is a lot of
> mention of the danger of Sodium Hydroxide, and therefore the mixture is
> pretty dangerous. My question is: is it more dangerous than all the other
> chemicals I have been developing negs and prints in for years. Or are
they
> just covering themselves in case I get hurt. I'm not saying I want to be
> crazy and not be careful with chemicals, but it makes it hard for me to
work
> if I am totally consumed with the danger of the chemicals.
>
> Lisa
>
>
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