Formalin

Formaldehyde solution with methanol is sometimes available at a
recreational vehicle store or a general big box retailer like XXX_Mart.
It is used to stabilize the on-board toilet holding tanks.
Paraformaldehyde is also available and used for the same purpose.

Gene Robkin

-----Original Message-----
From: Christina Z. Anderson [mailto:zphoto@bellsouth.net]
Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 8:27 PM
To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
Subject: Re: Help with what I believe is a hardening issue

LOL Joe, great suggestions, but it had me laughing. I had a visual of
all
us photographers running to our neighborhood mortuaries searching for
hardeners...explaining to a mortician what we do with formaldehyde would
be
like explaining to my local liquor store why I was buying Everclear.

Maybe she can do her sizing of paper at the mortuary, so if she drops
dead
from mixing glyoxal and formaldehyde she won't have far to go, eh
Candace??
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Smigiel" <jsmigiel@kvcc.edu>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 8:51 PM
Subject: Re: Help with what I believe is a hardening issue

>>>> ericawd@memworld.com 11/09/04 7:36 PM >>>
>
> ... Or will I drop dead on the spot?
>
> Does anyone know of a source for formaldehyde? ...
> Candace Spearman
>
> Candace,
>
> You might try a local mortuary. Perhaps they would be willing to part
> with a small amount if you explain the purpose. Or a biology lab...
>
> Joe
>
Received on Wed Nov 10 10:06:59 2004