From: Katharine Thayer (kthayer@pacifier.com)
Date: 04/22/03-01:28:19 PM Z
Keith, P.S.
I apologize for scaring you. When I mentioned the demise of quinacridone
gold, I was writing about my favorite pigments, imagining that it would
mainly be students who would be interested in that, and my thought was
that someone starting out wouldn't want to start with a pigment that's
no longer being manufactured. But I should have added, so as not to
panic folks who know and use the pigment, that it's going to be around
for another few years anyway. Sorry.
Katharine
Katharine Thayer wrote:
>
> Keith Gerling wrote:
> >
> > Katherine,
> >
> > I hope you are wrong about the demise of quinacridone gold. It is one of my
> > favorites as well. I called up Daniel Smith (ordered a couple of jars just
> > to be safe) and was told that it was "one of their most popular colors.
> > Certain to remain in production".
> >
>
> Yes, Daniel Smith has enough of it to keep going for a while, but when
> what they've got is gone, it's gone. Here's my information, from
>
> http://www.handprint.com/HP/WCL/waterfs.html
>
> the best online source of information about pigments:
>
> ALERT: The last manufacturer of PO49 ceased production in 2001 (there
> was insufficient
> demand for it from automobile manufacturers), and once
> current stockpiles have been depleted
> there will be no more paints made with this pigment.
> Daniel Smith informs me that they have
> stockpiled enough pigment to sustain their paint
> production "for another 10 or 15 years," though
> other manufacturers are probably not as well
> provisioned.
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