Using vinegar will simply give you a print, reminiscent of a salad [dressing], but many of us simply wash with water instead of using any stop. Ansel insisted stop bath solutions only lent the print to pinholes due to the minute explosion effect of adding alkali to acid.
Use water. S. Shapiro, Carmel As from my research, stop bath was an asset of press photography when they needed a fixed print fast to make the deadlines. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Hill" <[email protected]> To: <pinhole-discussion@p at ???????> Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 8:53 PM Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] Vinegar as stop bath, vitamin c alternative > Regarding stop bath alternatives, citric acid or ascorbic acid or just > plain vitamin c is a great alternative for stop bath. If I remember > correctly you use 20g per liter of water for use as a stop. That's a > guess because I can't find the resource at the moment. I guess it's time > to admit I am becoming a huge fairweather fan of Patrick Gainer and his > work with vitamin c in the photographic processes. > > Don > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. > > _______________________________________________ > Pinhole-Discussion mailing list > Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??????? > unsubscribe or change your account at > http://www.???????/discussion/ >
