Mix it all at once (RE: kitchen recipe for palladium)

Clay, Why would you mix it all at once? Is that the only mixture of
palladium that you use? How do you control the color of your prints? Why
limit your self to just the color range that lithium allows or provides?

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Clay [mailto:wcharmon@wt.net]
> Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2005 8:33 AM
> To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> Subject: Re: kitchen recipe for palladium
>
> Those are the proportions I use. The proportions are probably more
> important than the solution strength, especially if you take into
> account the dilution that occurs automatically when you use the Magic
> brush. If I were you, I would just mix it all up at once, since it
> won't go bad or anything. That amount will make you 300ml of solution:
>
> 25g PdCl
> 17.5g NaCl
> 275ml water
>
> Clay
> On May 8, 2005, at 8:10 AM, Christina Z. Anderson wrote:
>
> > I'm kidding, but not really.
> > I have 25 g of palladium powder. What gram/ml recipe do you all
> > have for this amount? I won't touch it until I hear from you, as
> > $291 (gasp) is a lot to waste. I have:
> >
> > 5 g palladium
> > 3.5 sodium chloride
> > 55 ml water.
> >
> > If I am off in any of these, what happens? Is the sodium just
> > regular table salt with or without iodine? What does it do to the
> > mix?
> > TIA,
> > Chris
> >
> >
Received on Sun May 8 18:38:02 2005