[pure-silver] Re: Holy Jesus Ilford bumped its prices

Just a thought. Why are you using selenium in the first place? Would you
consider sulfide toners, instead? Both leave you with different image tones,
but the image protection is most likely better with sulfide toners. Selenium
seems to be an American preference (maybe due to AA). I prefer a combination
of both, but if I had to chose one, it would be sulfide.





Regards



Ralph W. Lambrecht

http://www.darkroomagic.com







On 2005-10-26 00:18, "Justin F. Knotzke" <jknotzke@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 25, 2005 at 03:10:45PM -0600, Jim MacKenzie wrote:
>> 
>> Another option is to get bulk ingredients and make your own developers.
>> Ansco 130 isn't horribly expensive to make, and has a very long working
>> life, even as a working solution.  You can reuse it without guilt or shame
>> because it is designed for it.
> 
> 
> 
>     Thanks to everyone for suggesting alternatives.
> 
>     The point I was trying to get across is that Ilford is in business, but
> their prices appear to have sky rocketed.
> 
>     When Ilford announced that it was in trouble, I, like many others were
> worried. And like a teenage boy who promises God he'll never have sex again if
> his girlfriend isn't pregnant, I promised I would do what I could to help
> Ilford stay in business.
> 
>    So there I was, with 5L of Agfa Fixer and 5L of Ilford paper developer with
> my mouth wide open when the sales clerk told me of the total.
> 
>    Do I continue to support Ilford like I said I would, or do I say "screw it"
> and go for all the other options.
> 
>    It was really a philosophical dilemma I was having with myself.
> 
>    I do have a question: will companies like "Freestyle" ship Selenium over
> the border to Canada?
> 
>    Thanks to all who replied.
> 
>    J


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