Interesting - I just bought some Winsor & Newton gum, the one I usually use
for convenience, and it is a LOT darker than any other bottle I've ever
had...I have access to lithographer's gum but have stopped using it because
of the problems Katherine outlines.
Kate Mahoney
----- Original Message -----
From: "Katharine Thayer" <kthayer@pacifier.com>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 11:11 PM
Subject: Formulary Gum change
> Since someone recently asked me on the list what gum I use, and I
> replied that I use Photographers' Formulary gum, I feel a responsibility
> to give folks a heads up that sometime when I wasn't looking, the
> Formulary stopped carrying the gum I love and substituted a dark,
> inferior, lithographers' gum that is prone to dichromate stain. To see
> what I mean:
>
> http://www.pacifier.com/~kthayer/html/Current.html
>
> Botom line: I no longer recommend Photographers' Formulary gum.
>
> Katharine Thayer
>
>
Received on Wed Nov 5 13:34:17 2003
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