In a message dated 5/4/06 3:25:12 pm, zphoto@montana.net writes:
> That sounds like a really odd
> description, but I always felt that the dichromate "fell" to the bottom of
> the layer and "hit" the paper first.
>
> I thought that maybe I had not mixed the dichromate into the gum/pigment
> mixture well enough, but that doesn't seem to be the reason and I continue
> to observe this phenomenon.
>
>
The gum is porous. That is why the dichromate solution sinks.
It does sound though as if you are using too much gum.
Terry
Received on Wed Apr 5 08:52:33 2006
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