Re: Developer for Van Dyck Brown Process

Sandy,

just out of curiosity, if the idea is to get the water a tiny bit acidic,
could plain vinegar do the job or anything else known to be acidic available
at the grocery store or pharmacy?

Regards
Yves

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sandy King" <sanking@CLEMSON.EDU>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 1:57 PM
Subject: Re: Developer for Van Dyck Brown Process

> Use water, and to prevent stain add just a bit of citric acid to the
> water to make sure it is acidic.
>
> I have no idea why anyone would recommend borax as the developer for
> VDD. Borax would make the developing solution alkaline, thus greatly
> increasing the possibility of staining.
>
> Perhaps I am missing something, but on the fact of it this just does
> not make sense to me.
>
> Sandy
>
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> >All
> >
> >Which developer do you use for the Van Dyck Brown process?
> >
> >I know that Arnold Gassan's book (Handbook On Contemporary
> >Photography-4th edition) said to use borax but other recent
> >references say to use water.
> >
> >Is there a reason for borax versus water?
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >Bruce
>
Received on Thu Feb 23 13:30:44 2006