Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/03/13

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Subject: Re: OFF-TOPIC: Chemistry
From: ireland@blazenet.net (Robert Brummett)
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 14:06:46 -0500

>I was getting ready to do some colour-negative work the other day and found
>I was out of Fomaldehyde to mix up some stabilizer.  No sweat, I says to
>meself, I'll just pop in to my friendly pharmacy and buy some.  Well, over
>the past three years, EVERY pharmacy and chemical-supply house in Western
>Virginia (aka, 'the low mountains') has quit stocking the stuff, as 'no one
>uses it any more'.
>
>Can any of you folks in Really Big Cities help me out here?  I'd hate to
>have to order a 55-gallon drum from Fisher Scientific:  I only use a couple
>of ounces a year.  (Most of my colour work is Ilfochrome.)
>
>Marc
>
>
>Marc James Small
>Cha Robh Bas Fir, Gun Ghras Fir!
>FAX:  +540/343-7315

Marc-

Somewhere in the depths of my lab I've a qt bottle of the stuff that I
don't think was ever opened. Want me to look? How the heck do you send it
anyway?

Robert