On Dec 13, 2005, at 1:55 AM, davidhatton wrote:
> Judy Seigel wrote:
>
> Kate mentions parrafin
>> oil, but as I recall that's a term (originally I think English) for
>> something other else, not parrafin, but I recall not what...
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Liquid parafin is taken internally and is a certain cure for
> constipation and coughs. One spoonful and you dare not cough. It also
> makes exposures faster too!
Then it's probably the same thing we call mineral oil, which is what I
use for oiling paper negatives. BTW, I have some paper negatives that
I use routinely for test prints, that I've been using for years; they
continue to print apparently the same as they did the day they were
made.
Katharine
Received on Tue Dec 13 08:33:40 2005
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