Re: preserver for gum

You are also eating a lot of gum arabic, gelatine and many other good
alternative process stuff.
I think that's the reason why x ray forms images of our body

Osky Burstein

----- Original Message -----
From: "Christina Z. Anderson" <zphoto@bellsouth.net>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca>
Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 1:53 AM
Subject: Re: preserver for gum

> Speaking of preservatives, I was making Thai Red Curried Chicken tonight
and
> noticed that in my can of Thai Coconut milk the preservative used was
> potassium metabisulfite! I can't believe I am eating my alternative
process
> photo chemicals. So perhaps pot metabi is a preservative for gum as well,
> go figure.
> Chris
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kate Mahoney" <kateb@paradise.net.nz>
> To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
> Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 3:09 PM
> Subject: Re: preserver for gum
>
>
> > Yes, of course you're right - blame the wallpapering or my advanced
> age....I
> > probably only use 1 ml.....:(
> > Kate
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Judy Seigel" <jseigel@panix.com>
> > To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
> > Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 7:44 PM
> > Subject: Re: preserver for gum
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sat, 28 Feb 2004, Kate Mahoney wrote:
> > >
> > > > The traditional preservative is mercuric chloride (scares me), but I
> use
> > > > a little formaldehyde, maybe 10ml in my 500ml bottle of gum. This
has
> > > > proved successful so far - my solution is kept in a dark cupboard,
but
> > > > not refrigerated.
> > >
> > > That may be stronger than necessary, which (I wonder if) could
actually
> > > harden the gum ? Anyway, I preserved a 2-oz bottle of gum arabic with
2
> > > drops of formaldehyde (40%) and it lasted for years.. So, if my
> > > arithmetic is working, 500 mls = about 17 oz, which would be 8-1/2 two
> oz
> > > bottles, so about 20 drops, or one ml should do it...
> > >
> > > However there are preservatives you can get at the drugstore more
> > > practical than bomb-grade peroxide (which would still lose strength
over
> > > time, as peroxide donates it's extra 0 to charity... )
> > >
> > > I think you can get salicylic acid at the drug store? also thymol
> > > available through Kremer (which is also in Europe), smells very
> antiseptic
> > > & medicinal, tho that's the solid in the bottle in the closet. don't
> know
> > > if the liquid smells the same. Then carbolic acid, which I've never
> used
> > > but probably around here & there... And some kind of lavender ? I
have
> > > some somewhere...
> > >
> > > Judy
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
Received on Sun Feb 29 05:38:11 2004