Re: Formulary Gum change

Ummmm.....are Australian Wattles the same type of acacia as the African
ones???? They're a pest here!
Just curious

Kate

----- Original Message -----
From: "pete" <temperaprint@blueyonder.co.uk>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 11:44 PM
Subject: Re: Formulary Gum change

> Katharine,
>
> There are billions of gum acacia trees in Australia so I dont think we
have
> to worry just yet. And then there is of course also eggs, but that is
> another story.
>
> Best wishes
> Pete
>
> > kateb@paradise.net.nz wrote:
> >>
> >> This may sound silly but there may be a world shortage of gum acacia
which I
> >> think is the most suitable one for our purposes - Elephants have
decimated
> >> this
> >> species. There are several different types of gum that originate from
> >> different
> >> species of trees, also the way the gum is refined differs from place to
> >> place.
> >
> >
> > I read something years ago, I don't remember where, that said that the
> > lithographer's gum isn't gum acacia but is some other kind of sap, which
> > would certainly explain its having different properties. The thought of
> > gum acacia disappearing from the planet is not a happy thought!
> > kt
>
>
>
Received on Thu Nov 6 16:28:37 2003