Re: More questions

Hi all;
I pay the Canada Postal shipping and handling fees which are often quite a
chunk of money to get the chemicals through customs. I deal mainly with
Formulary in Montana and very infrequently with Bostick for the platinum
toner for POP as I find Bostick very slow.... (over a month to get to the
west coast of Canada).
Does anyone have JDPhoto's web site/ e-mail address?
Thanks,
Susan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Venkatram Iyer" <eyeear@telus.net>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca>
Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 11:52 AM
Subject: Re: More questions

Hi David and Jordan,

I purchase most of my chemicals from JDPhotochem, though not the ferric
salts because I am not assured that they are free from ferrous
contamination. I live in Kelowna, B.C., and am looking into purchasing
gold chloride and palladium salts to use as toners and/or for alt
procedures.

If it is feasible, I would be happy to contribute towards getting a
break on prices for all of us by placing and order along with you. Do
let me know if this is possible.

Rajul

On 18-May-06, at 8:08 AM, Jordan Wosnick wrote:

>
> Hi David -- I was surprised too. Some of Nymoc's prices (they don't
> have a catalogue that I know of, and no Web presence, so you have to
> call them to ask about each chemical you're interested in) are about
> double what JD Photochem charges, at least for small quantities.
>
> I did get some free soap samples, though.
>
> Any Toronto area people who want to go in on some larger quantities or
> save on shipping from JD Photochem, just let me know.
>
> Jordan
>
> david drake wrote:
>> Wow! I just checked out JD Photochem and they're prices are very
>> reasonable. thanks Jordan
>> david
>> On 18-May-06, at 10:08 AM, Jordan Wosnick wrote:
>>>
>>> I bought my chemicals for VDB from Nymoc, thinking I would save
>>> money by buying locally vs. buying from JD Photochem (I'm in
>>> Toronto). In the end, though, Nymoc ended up being far more
>>> expensive than JD Photochem would have been, even counting shipping.
>>>
>>> Guhan, I was planning on placing a JD Photochem order soon for some
>>> silver nitrate and gold chloride. If you're interested in doing a
>>> joint order to save on shipping, let me know!
>>>
>>> Jordan
>>>
>>> kris wrote:
>>>> where are you in Canada?
>>>> in Toronto, there's Nymoc for chemicals. seems to be reasonable...
>>>> kris
>>>> G Guhan Gunaratnam wrote:
>>>>> Hello again,
>>>>>
>>>>> Sorry, I have a bunch of random questions...
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. What is the purpose of the Oxalic Acid in Ferric Oxalate
>>>>> solutions?
>>>>> 2. Is there a definitive reference on the web for all info on
>>>>> chems?
>>>>> (wikipedia seems quite good, but just wondering if there’s
>>>>> something that’s better) - I’ve got MSDSs from Sigma-Aldrich
>>>>> 3. What’s the process of making Potassium Chloroplatinate and
>>>>> Palladium Chloride from its constituent elements? (not
>>>>> planning on
>>>>> doing this or anything, would like to read the process
>>>>> though)
>>>>> 4. Are there any other Canadian dealers for chems other than
>>>>> JDPhotochem?
>>>>> 5. When importing chems (non hazardous) into Canada, are duties
>>>>> incurred (I know there will be PST and GST, just wonderiing
>>>>> about
>>>>> duty).
>>>>> 6. Which chemicals, in dry form, have particularly short shelf
>>>>> lives
>>>>> (for pt/pd, kallitype, cyanotype)? - Sandy has already told
>>>>> me
>>>>> that Pt/Pd salts have a longer life in solution
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks a lot, any help is appreciated!
>>>>>
>>>>> Gu
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Jordan Wosnick
>>> jwosnick@fastmail.fm
>> david drake photography
>> daviddrakephoto@sympatico.ca
>
> --
>
>
> Jordan Wosnick
> jwosnick@fastmail.fm
>
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