And explain that one at the border ;) . Thanks for the tip. I hate these border restrictions.
Was the Amidol from China contaminated? I'll check with ArtCraft.. Cheers, Bogdan On 4/3/2011 9:49 PM, Mike Kirwan wrote:
Sodium Carbonate - washing soda, Arm and Hammer also available at pool suppliers as a PH adjustment chemical. Amidol, I joined a group purchase that has the stuff shipped from China, was not the best and my supply is all gone :( The only place I can find that lists Amidol is the Photographers Formulary - alas no shipping out of the US. Maybe make a trip south and stock up?Mike ------------------------------------------------------------------------*From:* pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Bob Younger*Sent:* Sunday, April 03, 2011 5:21 PM *To:* pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx *Subject:* [pure-silver] Re: Acquiring photo grade chemicals 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 YoungerOn Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 17:06, Bogdan <bkarasek@xxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto: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__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6012 (20110403) __________The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com
