RE: speaking of cleanliness.....

Christine,

What bleach have you tried? I always found undiluted household bleach
much more effective than any "photographic" bleach
(dichromate/sulphuric, etc.), letting it act overnight if necessary.
Gold stains (probably purplish) may not respond. But if the stains are
silver-based you'll need to rinse well and treat with fixer after
bleaching since hypochlorite turns them to silver chloride.

Our bathtub has holes as well as stains. Time to move, I think.

Liam

-----Original Message-----
From: christine [mailto:acolyta@napc.com]
Sent: 10 March 2004 19:14
To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
Cc: christine
Subject: speaking of cleanliness.....

Can anyone recommend a good darkroom cleaner? There are now some
chemical stains in my porcelain bathtub that will not come off with any

amount of bleach..... i make gold-toned argyotypes so the chemical
stains could be from a variety of things......

thanks!
~christine

p.s. i just quit my job so i'll be changing the e-mail address i use
for the list very soon.....

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Received on Wed Mar 10 19:25:20 2004