RE: measuring chemicals; masking tape alternatives

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jeffbuck@swcp.com
Date: 03/19/02-10:13:57 AM Z


Eric: Where do you get those dinky cups? Sound pretty good. -jb

Eric Nelson <emanmb@yahoo.com> said:

> I have two sizes of plastic graduates;a 150ml
> "graduate" that came from some Unicolor kits I had
> used as a kid and 30 ml cups that were used to
> dispense medicine.
> I know that they weigh 12.9 gms. and 2.3 gms
> respectively and factor that in when weighing out
> chemistry. Since I have a bunch of each size, I can
> weigh out all the components of a given formula and
> have them waiting to be added as each one dissolves.
>
> My magnetic mixer, although old and stained, is a
> thing of beauty when mixing as I can just walk away
> when my glycin or ferric oxalate or whatever, takes a
> while to dissolve.
> Eric Nelson
> Chicago
>
> > Hi. This may sound elementary, but what is your
> > favorite way to
> > measure out chemicals? I tried a piece of paper on
> > the balance just
> > now to wweigh out cyanotype chemicals and they ended
> > up all over the
> > scale and the sink. There must be a better way.
> > Maybe a cup? A
> > paper cup?
> >
> > Also, when I use masking tape to tape my paper to a
> > board for
> > coating, it leaves little bits of stickiness on the
> > paper after I
> > take it off, and these stick to the glass of the
> > printing frame. I
> > can get them off with a razor, but again, maybe
> > there is a better way
> > to hold your paper down while you coat it?
> >
> > --shannon
> > --
>
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