I think of gum as a thickener and would imagine the dried substance doesn't need much help in that regard. ________________________________ From: harry kalish <hksvk@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 3:30:26 PM Subject: [pure-silver] Re: phosphorescent paint The solid mass has no odor or aroma---I'm gonna try some gum arabic if I can break it up and grind it. Will report success or failure. Thanks. On 4/26/09 1:56 PM, "Ray Rogers" <earthsoda@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > The ordinary stuff is essentialy a solid that is suspended in a binder... > it is not soluble... go to an art supply store and look around or ask for > something to mix up a powder into a paint... "Medium" or "binder" are words > that are used here; but they may not be the correct terms where you are... you > will probably be better off buyng a new bottle! > > Bad news but I think you will need to grind it back into a fine powder before > tryng to redisperse it... SPELLING ALERT - mortor and pestle. > > You might be able to use gum arabic, or even gelatin... but probably the best > thing you could do would be to buy some of the tiny glow in the dark stickers > that are sold in dollar stores, etc... they come in circles, dots, squares and > stars not to mention plain sheets or "address lable" shapes and all in > different sizes. > > If you choose to go the hard way, and need more info... let me know. > > If what you have is an ink, or dye, then it is a special type and the above > does not apply. > > Ray > > --- On Sun, 4/26/09, harry kalish <hksvk@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> From: harry kalish <hksvk@xxxxxxxxxxx> >> Subject: [pure-silver] phosphorescent paint >> To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Date: Sunday, April 26, 2009, 4:23 PM >> Does anyone know what the solvent >> could be for the common phosphorescent >> paint that is for sold darkroom applications? I have a >> small jar of it that >> has dried into a solid mass, and would like to refresh it >> into a useful >> state. >> Thanks, >> Harry. >> >> >> ============================================================================= >> ================================ >> 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. ============================================================================================================= 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.