Re: sugar

Sorry,

What I should have said was, "Thus, in noting that I use about 3%
sugar I mean that I use 3g of sugar per 100ml of liquid gelatin
solution."

Sandy King

>Your point is well taken. I can certainly understand how the
>previous messages could be confusing.
>
>For the record, however, I relate the percentage or quantity of any
>specific ingredient to the amount of pigmented gelatin liquid
>solution. Thus, in noting that I use about 1-3% sugar I mean that I
>use about 2.3g of sugar per 100ml of liquid gelatin solution. This
>is consistent with the way I discuss the concentration of the
>gelatin in the solution - for example, a 10% pigmented gelatin
>solution consists of 10g of gelatin in 100ml of water.
>
>
>Sandy King
>
>
>
>
>
>>Sandy and all,
>>
>>Please be more careful when writing about the percentages:
>>
>>2.5% sugar in 1000 ml of any gelatin solution is 0.025*1000 = 25 g.
>>
>>When coating with 10% gelatin solution our dry tissue should contain
>>100% gelatin and 25/100 = 25% sugar, but with 20% gelatin solution
>>our dry tissue should contain 25/200 = 12.5% sugar.
>>
>>So, I think sugar, glycerin, pigment and all other ingredients should
>>be related to the dry gelatin or, why not, write a complete formula.
>>
>>Kemal
>>
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>>Sandy King wrote:
>>>
>>> I use only about 2-3% sugar, with about the same amount of glycerine.
>>> That is, about 20-30g of sugar with 25g of glycerine. This tissue has
>>> good mechanical properties in my working conditions.
>>>
>>> But see my earlier note about very concentrated gelatin solutions.
>>>
>>> Sandy
>>>
>>> >Sandy, I know you use 50 %R.H. as I do........
>>> >At 50% R.H. and 16% Gel Do you think 5% sugar is to much?? I am also using
>>> >1% Glycerin.
>>> >
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>>> >Thank you all for your invaluable advice and help throughout the
>>>last year.
>>> >Art
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