Re: Gold Chloride

Probably a typo, but 1000cc of water is a liter (not 100cc). 1 gm to
100ml is generally referred to as a 1%.

Bostic and Sullivan sell pre mixed 1% Gold Chloride for $26.30 per
100ml or $9 for 25ml. That may be both simpler AND cheaper :-)

http://bostick-sullivan.com/commerce/metal%20salts.htm

On Monday, May 2, 2005, at 02:38 PM, Michael Dowdall wrote:

> Sorry to correct you Robert, I just don't want George to waste his gold
> chloride. But 100cc of water is 1liter. I the Unblinking Eye article
> where I
> got the gold toning formulae that I use on silver prints and it says
> 1gr to
> 100ml of distilled water for a 1% solution. At the bottom of the page
> of
> this link it discribes the 1% solution.
>
> Michael
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert W. Schramm" <schrammrus@hotmail.com>
> To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
> Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 4:51 PM
> Subject: RE: Gold Chloride
>
>
>>
>> I believe that a 1% solution would be 1 gram per 100 cc of water.
>>
>> Bob Schramm
>> Check out my web page at:
>>
>> http://www.SchrammStudio.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> &gt;From: George L Smyth &lt;glsmyth@yahoo.com&gt;
>> &gt;Reply-To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
>> &gt;To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
>> &gt;Subject: Gold Chloride
>> &gt;Date: Mon, 02 May 2005 05:14:31 -0700 (PDT)
>> &gt;
>> &gt;I have purchased some gold chloride to tone my Van Dyke prints
>> and am
>> getting
>> &gt;ready to mix it. At $30 per gram, I am hoping to avoid hearing a
>> week
>> later,
>> &gt;&quot;well, you really should have ...&quot; &lt;g&gt;
>> &gt;
>> &gt;My assumption is that there is nothing tricky - just desolve the
>> gram
> in
>> a
>> &gt;liter of room temperature water to get the 1% solution. Any
>> caveats?
>> &gt;
>> &gt;Thanks -
>> &gt;
>> &gt;george
>> &gt;
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Tom Ferguson
http://www.ferguson-photo-design.com
Received on Mon May 2 15:55:05 2005