[pure-silver] Re: Chemical Blues
- From: "Eric Neilsen Photography" <ej@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2009 13:49:58 -0600
There was a google issue yesterday morning. I saw it on the news. They had a
human error that caused the warning. Everything is OK. I am blessed with a
chemical store just a few miles away and a 50 lbs bag of Sodium Sulfite is
quite cheap. It makes for home brewing of darkroom goodies very affordable.
I'd second Freestyle as they need to be supported so we all have an
alternative to B&H, Adorama.
Eric Neilsen Photography
4101 Commerce Street, Suite 9
Dallas, TX 75226
214-827-8301
www.ericneilsenphotography.com
SKYPE ejprinter
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[mailto:pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dennis Purdy
Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 9:22 AM
To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Chemical Blues
Hi Adrienne,
I notice that Freestyle carries it in 2 sizes. They have a huge customer
base and fast turnaround on must stuff as well as they are very good about
taking returns. So I would say it is worth a try. They are also very quick.
Regarding Sodium Sulfite, I just bought a 50 pound bag, technical grade,
from a swimming pool supply house yesterday for 42 dollars. I have in the
past bought it from a regular chemical supply house for a bit more but well
below what you will pay at a photo store.
If you have a need for sodium carbonate you can also go the same route with
that. I bought a 50 pound bag of that as well from the swimming pool place
for 35 dollars. It is also available at some art stores as dye fixative and
you can even use Arm and Hammer Super Washing Soda. All much cheaper than
the Photo store stuff.
Dennis
On Jan 31, 2009, at 06:58, Adrienne Moumin wrote:
I am wondering how to solve this issue, and would greatly appreciate any
suggestions:
My soup of choice is Sodium Sulfite + Edwal FG-7. Since Big Yellow recently
stopped making the SS (I could always depend on my local chain to have ONE
on hand for me), I recently ponied up the cash for a 20-lb drum from
Artcraft.
I had some FG-7 left from a previous film run, and all was well w/the first
few runs till I ran out & went to buy more...
Twice I had to return the FG-7 to the store (which also carries just ONE of
this) because it was a dark reddish brown color. It's supposed to be tan to
lavender. So I special ordered three from them, making sure it was from a
different lot vis-a-vis their internal warehouse code #'s. Again, it is the
dark color, so I have to return it.
Obviously I need to give up on my local supplier, a friendly place where
everyone knows me so it will be no problem returning this for the third
time.
I am fearful of mail-ordering from B&H or someone else lest this also happen
again, and it will be a bigger hassle returning it w/the shipping costs, and
an even longer period of frustration when I just want to process stuff I
have have sitting around from back in Oct. for a long-term project. Artcraft
doesn't carry this product.
To add to my frustration, I googled "FG7", and every single site, from
adorama to calumet to digital truth, apug, freestyle and amazon, is tagged
in the search results with "this site may harm your computer".
If anyone has any suggestions, info, or sources, I would greatly appreciate
it if you would let me know.
Thanks in advance,
Adrienne Moumin
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