Re: drinking in the darkroom

Jeff Dilcher wrote:

>On Wed, Nov 03, 2004 at 10:04:41AM -0400, Bob Kiss wrote:
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>>DEAR SUSAN,
>> Think of all of the platinum chlorplatinite, fix, ferricyanide (or is it
>>ferro?), developing agent, and other forms of dust those sticky little bears
>>attract...let alone the chemicals they will pick up from your hands unless
>>you do a pre surgical scrub. I will leave them in a jar right outside the
>>darkroom door and step out to eat a few as a reward for each successful
>>print...after I have removed my vinyl gloves and rinsed and dried my hands.
>> CHEERS!
>> BOB
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>Forget about the chemicals that a gummy bear will attract- I wonder what kind
>of chemicals make up one of those things.
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Okay I won't call my developer soup any more. I won't develop film in
vitamin c. I won't even attempt albumen prints, or tea for toning.
Maybe gelatin and starch for sizing but only in the kitchen.
Received on Wed Nov 3 11:41:36 2004