Water! its low cost and may leave a little residual hypo, which as we all now know will actualy protect your prints. Seriously, wash your prints for longer and relax in the knowledge that low residual levels of hypo are better for your prints than a complete absence of same. All the best Larry Cuffe. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Koch, Gerald" <gkoch02@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Monday, February 27, 2006 7:53 pm Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Wash aid To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > You really need sodium sulfite to make a good substitute. However, > Agfalong suggested using a 1% solution of sodium carbonate. You > can use Arm > & Hammer washing soda for this. > > -----Original Message----- > From: pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > Johnsimage@xxxxxxx > Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 2:47 PM > To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [pure-silver] Wash aid > > > > hi folks, > > I'm printing fiber paper and have run out of Hypo clearing > agent. I now live in rural North Carolina, any suggestions for a home > brew solution that could be put together from ingredients in local > stores (hardware & grocery). > Cordially, > John Harmon > > ============================================================================================================= 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.