Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 11/28/05 1:18 PM, "Luis Miguel Casta?eda" <lmc@interlink.es> typed: > > On 28/11/2005, at 20:51, Jeffery Smith wrote: > >> I'll be monitoring this thread. XTOL is so easy to use and so non- >> toxic > > let's say less toxic. > > In fact the main developing agent is light years ago from the > hydroquinone or even phenidone's toxicity, but is yet harmful and the > rest of the components aren't much different. > > > > > Saludos I use rubber gloves when mixing it. I think when not so toxic stuff like this is 90 degrees you still want to leave you hands out of it. And certainly not breath the powder. So we have "care of powders" in use which deserves some looking into if one is becoming a darkroom nut. You don't want to make a puff of the stuff in the air and then have you head where the puff was or still is. Kind of like the way women put their perfume on. So they don't get an alcohol residue smell I think is the reason. We don't want hydroquinone in our mustache. And you don't end up smelling like a rose. (rose hips - get it?!:):( Working with powders deserves a healthy respect and some looking into. Its not a no brainer and though safer than working with liquids just requires some intelligence and lack of spacing out on the long one. Not screwing up. Good darkroom technique. Like good technique in a chemistry lab. Undoubtedly why CHANEL No5 always comes in a liquid. Mark Rabiner Photography Portland Oregon http://rabinergroup.com/