abracadabra@nuberroja.com
Date: 07/19/02-03:50:14 AM Z
Agar agar is beloved by fungus and bacteria. it's not very stable. When it
dry gone into dust again.
juan f.
At 19:21 18/07/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 15:00:43 -0700
>From: Kris Erickson <kerickso@ryerson.ca>
>To: holtsg@duke.usask.ca
>Subject: RE: Avoiding gelatine ---agar as an alternative?
>
>Hi Gord,
>Could you please post this to the list on my behalf:
>
> >Well one topic I don't think I've ever seen come up is discussion
> >on agar (also known as agar-agar). It's a gelatin-like substance
> >made from certain types of seaweed (laver, etc.--NO animal)
> >Apparently it's a fantastic size (esp. for VDB). I myself have
> >used it for single coat gums (though I have not yet perfected how
> >to apply it).
> >Personally, I'd be curious to hear about anyone's experience with
> >it, either as a sizing agent OR as an alternative to gelatine in a
> >homemade photo emulsion. Various properties,
> >similarities/dissimilarities to gelatine would all be of interest
> >to me.
> >For anyone interested, agar can be purchased in oriental grocery
> >stores (among other places), and is the main ingredient in
> >Chinese/Vietnamese jello (try the taro or mango flavours ;-) It's
> >modestly priced, but must somewhere be available inexpensively in
> >bulk. Any ideas?
>
> >kris
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