Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Is the process for printing using palladium, not platinum? Regards, Robert At 10:40 AM 12/3/98 -0500, you wrote: >Platinum, a heavy metal, can be quite toxic, causing severe neurological >damage (such as Parkinson-like symptoms) unto death. In industrial >processes it must be handled carefully, but can be and is handled safely >using gloves, aprons, hoods, and other protective gear. I have never used >the platinum process, so I do not know how one might absorb or, more to the >point, ingest inhale or otherwise be exposed to the metal. However, many >people wear platinum jewelry with no ill effects. > > Buzz > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Dan Post [SMTP:dwpost@email.msn.com] >> Sent: Thursday, December 03, 1998 9:57 AM >> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >> Subject: Re: [Leica] segue to: Platinate prints- Change of subject >> >> Oddmund: >> Ah, my Norse friend, Mead and mushrooms? Good natural alternative perfect >> for going a-viking! >> BTW- I had read about the platinum process several years ago, but was put >> off because I was led to believe it is a quite toxic process and I heard >> horror stories of nerve damage to fingers and appendages falling off. How >> true is this? was I just being overly cautious? >> The platinate prints I have seen are magnificent- they absolutely cannot >> be >> reproduced in a book or other method. Good luck, and keep us apprised! >> Dan >> dwpost@msn.com >> > > > >