Re: PURE COLLODION & ALT IN FT LAUDERDALE; WAS Sources for wet plate collodion chemicals

Dear Bob and List,

Collodion is used by microscopists for embedding tissue samples--try your
local lab. chemical supplier.

Regards

Trevor.

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From: "BOB KISS" <bobkiss@caribsurf.com>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 5:19 PM
Subject: PURE COLLODION & ALT IN FT LAUDERDALE; WAS Sources for wet plate
collodion chemicals

> DEAR LIST,
> I have not been following this thread...forgive me. I will be in the Fort
> Lauderdale area the third week of September. Anyone know where I can get
> pure collodion? Most pharmacies sell it with additives to make it more
> flexible like camphor and such. I use it to clean first surface mirrors
> such as in single lens reflex cameras. I paint it on, wait for it to dry,
> then carefully life one corner and peal it off. Any additives leave a
> greasy looking film on the mirrors. I learned this caring for first
> surface mirrors when doing holography at GE in the early 70s.
> Alzo, any alt photo shows to be seen in the Ft. Lauderdale area?
> CHEERS!
> BOB
>
> Please check my website: http://www.bobkiss.com/
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nick Zentena [mailto:zentena@sympatico.ca]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 12:01 PM
> To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> Subject: Re: Sources for wet plate collodion chemicals
>
> On Tuesday 30 August 2005 10:01, Best, Dianne wrote:
>> I got a price quote from Anichemia on a bunch of different wet plate
>> collodion chemicals and did a per-unit comparison with JD Photo Chem and
>> Photographer's Formulary (including conversion to Canadian dollars) and
>> Anichemia is certainly price competitive. The only negative for
>> Anichemia, being a lab supplier, is that their standard packages tend to
>> be larger.
>>
>
> Are you saying a similar sized package is a similar price? Cool.
> The more
> choice the better.
>
> Nick
>
>
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