My understanding and observation, is that the solutions don't seem to last as long; faster tray oxidation. : ( Eric Neilsen Photography 4101 Commerce Street, Suite 9 Dallas, TX 75226 214-827-8301 http://ericneilsenphotography.com > -----Original Message----- > From: pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pure-silver- > bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lloyd Erlick > Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 1:52 PM > To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Ansco 115 Contrast Boost > > At 05:51 PM 1/22/2006 , Eric Nelson wrote: > > ... > >I naturally want to maintain the warmth that Ansco 115 > >provides so comparisons of time VS w/and w/o sodium > >hydroxide, sodium carbonate, and hydroquinone are in > >order. Thanks to all for the suggestions. > >Eric Nelson > > > > January 24, 2006, from Lloyd Erlick, > > A subtle but significant change toward the direction of warmth > can be > achieved by replacing sodium salts with their respective > potassium salts. > In this case, potassium hydroxide and carbonate, which happen > to be > relatively easy to obtain. I've made this substitution in the > old Ansco 120 > formula, and find it very agreeable. (Potassium sulfite is > necessary, too.) > > regards, > --le > ________________________________ > Lloyd Erlick Portraits, Toronto. > voice: 416-686-0326 > email: portrait@xxxxxxxxxxxx > net: www.heylloyd.com > ________________________________ > -- > > =============================================================== > ============================================== > To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and > logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you > set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there. ============================================================================================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.