Katherine,
Thank you for the heads up. As I also use Photographer's Formulary gum,
your post had me a bit nervous as the prints I've been working on lately
have been coming out quite well. I decided to call the Formulary to see
when the change took place since I will be needing more gum soon. They
told me their change in gum was about 2-3 years ago and that they have
been selling the same material since. Does this time frame coincide
with your last batch of gum purchased by the Formulary? I hope they
would be honest enough to fess up to any current change if asked about
one.
Regards,
Bill-
Katharine Thayer wrote:
>
> 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 16:36:34 2003
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