[pure-silver] Re: Sodium Hydroxide = Red Devil Lye
- From: Clarence Rhymer <crhymer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 00:17:47 -0700
Hello Bogdan,
Your wife's mother probably meant "Gillett's" Lye, which has a lion on
the label. The company is Gillett Cleaning Products Inc., 80 Dufflaw
Rd., Toronto, Ont., M6A 2W1. It claims 98.5% purity. It works
perfectly for Parodinal. I have not tried it in other photochemical
applications. It used to be widely available, but I have noticed that
it disappeared from the shelves of the local grocery recently - probably
for the usual reasons. I will ask them tomorrow.
Cheers,
Clarence
Bogdan Karasek wrote:
Hi All,
This is a bit off the wall but I'm taking a chance that somebody in
our august and diversified group might be of help.
The only large supplier of photograde chemicals in Canada is a 15
minute ride from my place. In my order I needed Sodium Hydroxide to
make a particular solution of Sepia Toner. She informed this afternoon
that she doesn't carry it anymore because of the very low demand. I
was the first person in year who asked for it. So I substituted
Potassium Hydroxide at the ratio of 10:14 by weight.
Now the question? Anchell in the "Darkroom Cookbook" suggests that a
substitute for Sodium Hydroxide is RED DEVIL Lye. This is an
American label (I'm Canadian) and several people I have spoken to have
never heard of it. My wife told me that her mother used to use LIONS
Lye to flush out the drains but I don't know if it is a substitute for
RED DEVIL; I don't know if it can even be bought anymore.
Would anybody, perchance, on the off chance, trivial pursuit question,
...... have an idea of a Canadian substitute for RED DEVIL Lye to
replace the Sodium Hydroxide?????
Pleeeeeese.......
It's nice to be able to lug home a 5 Kg container of Sodium Thiosulphate
Cheers :)
Bogdan
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Bogdan Karasek
Montréal, Québec bogdan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Canada www.bogdanphoto.com
"I bear witness"
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