Thanks to all you responders. When breaking away the small plastic jar the substance had solidified in, I found the mass to have a tough rubbery consistency. It has no brittleness whatsoever, so the mortor and pestle does not break it up at all. I have several solvents in which I will try to dissolve small shavings. But I expect that xylene is what is needed. I'll report back to the list about this. I wonder if my memory serves me correctly that xylene is the solvent that is sold as a thinner for the typewriter correction fluid 'White-Out'. But ones who still use typewriters probably make no mistakes, hence this stuff may be NLA. On 4/26/09 7:48 PM, "Ray Rogers" <earthsoda@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi Richard. Yes, I was about to add somethng when I saw your post. Here there > are two types of binders offered sde by side, but a water based clear varnish > is also useable. > > Starting from the powder itself, use at about 15-17% > > If you use Xylene, Harry > do be aware of its harmful nature... > > "Flamable. Hazardous to health when inhaled, swallowed or brought into contact > with the skin. Irritating to skin. Wear suitable gloves." > > Let us know how you resolve the problem. > > Ray > -------------------------------------------------------------- > --- On Sun, 4/26/09, Richard Knoppow <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> From: Richard Knoppow <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Subject: [pure-silver] Re: phosphorescent paint >> To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Date: Sunday, April 26, 2009, 11:02 PM >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "harry kalish" <hksvk@xxxxxxxxxxx> >> To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 8:23 AM >> Subject: [pure-silver] phosphorescent paint >> >> >>> 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. >>> >> Try Xylol AKA Xylene, available in hardware >> stores. The paint is probably a lacquer and this is the >> right solvent. You can probably test it using some solvent >> on the end of a cotton swab. >> >> -- >> Richard Knoppow >> Los Angeles, CA, USA >> dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >> ============================================================================= >> ================================ >> 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.