RE: [Leica] segue to: Platinate prints- Change of subject

[Jeffrey Hausner <Buzz@marianmanor.org>]

Platinum...palladium...gold...It can be any of these heavy metals, even
silver.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Robert G. Stevens [SMTP:robsteve@istar.ca]
> Sent:	Thursday, December 03, 1998 11:07 AM
> To:	leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject:	RE: [Leica] segue to: Platinate prints- Change of subject
> 
> 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
> >> 
> >
> >
> >
> >