[pure-silver] Re: Acquiring photo grade chemicals
- From: Bob Younger <ryounger@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2011 17:20:55 -0700
Bogdan,
The answer here in the US is ArtCraft
http://www.artcraftchemicals.com/products/ . They're in NY state. Carry and
ship most everything photographic, current or old.
But I don't know what restrictions there are on shipping to our northern
neighbor, but they've been in business a long time, so probably know how and
how expensive it is to ship to you.
Bob Younger
On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 17:06, Bogdan <bkarasek@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> We've been discussing chemicals for the past while and it brings to mind a
> problem that we as group, pure silver photographers who live and die with
> the chemicals they use are facing... I don't know about the situation in
> the US and the UK, but in Canada, it is getting harder and harder to get the
> chemicals we use. The chem section in any photo store is a pittance..
> unless you live in NYC or LA, I imagine..... then what about getting the
> raw chemicals and mixing your own solutions. Until last year, in Montreal
> we had a chemist who supplied the photographic chemicals you needed, even
> for color, E-6, and in quantities that you needed, 10 grams, 100ml or but
> she closed down because of a lack of customers and inventory wasn't moving.
> Now I buy a 25kg bag of Sodium Thiosulfate from a chemistry factory, but
> that stores easily and goes quickly. But if I need Amidol???
>
> We are addicted to a bunch of chemicals. Is there a list somewhere that
> gives the commercial names/product names of the very chemicals that we use,
> like the example of Arm&Hammer baking soda/Sodium BiCarbonate...... You can
> get Sodium Thiosdulfate at the swimming pool supplier.... what can you get
> at the grocery or hardware store, the pharmacy???
>
> Maybe it was on this list, a long time ago or another, seems there was list
> complied of commercial household chemicals that suited our needs, perhaps in
> different dilutions but still available.
>
> What mailorder photographic chem houses are there in the US? For me, of
> course, there is the transborder shipping and restrictions.
>
> Cheers,
> Bogdan
>
>
>
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