Re: Standard formula

Be careful with Sorbitol and dichromate, I have some super bad experiments
that have instantly turned my gel into a black hunk of gum.........It was so
fast that I nearly went in my pants..........
Art
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Sullivan" <bostick@screaminet.com>
To: <carbon@opusis.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 4:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Carbon] Standard formula

> I've added so glycerine much the tissue lays down like Naugahyde. really!
>
> "What's Naugahyde?"
>
> "Shut up kid you're too young."
>
> When the bottom fell out of the cowhide business my pappy starting raising
> Naugas.
>
> ..more-->
>
>
> At 02:17 PM 12/26/2001 -0700, you wrote:
> >On Wed, 26 Dec 2001, Sandy King wrote:
> >
> > > That is my observation as well.
> >
> >I'll third it!
> >
> > > useful in the winter because with low humidity the tissue typically
> > > dries excessively and the edges of the paper/gelatin become as the
> > > edges of a sharp knife. Can't tell you how many times I have actually
> > > suffered serious cuts from dried tissue!!
> >
> >Yes, this has been a problem that has concerned me. I've recently
started
> >adding glycerine and my tissue is much less brittle. The other
ingredient
> >I tried a while back was Sorbitol per Paul Lehman's suggestion. That
> >seemed to work, but I've yet to come up with a good way of testing
> >pliability in a way that I can make more than subjective comparisons. (I
> >bend it and it seems like it takes more or less to break it than a
> >different batch. Kind of hard to tell for those more subtle
differences.)
> >Any ideas?
>
> In 20 foot rolls the difference is astounding. I've had some virtually
> shatter when trying to unroll it.
>
> Two things I am concerned about:
>
> One is no way do I want to cut sheet sizes. Seems historically the carbon
> tissue makers didn't want to either.
>
> On the other hand I can't sheet a 10 foot sheet flat so rolls it is.
>
> --Dick
>
>
> >- Wayde
> > (wallen@lug.boulder.co.us)
> >
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Received on Wed Dec 26 17:34:14 2001