So for my purposes the cheap stuff is just as good. It's a good thing we have you, Allan and Henk on this site.... God only knows what we would be mixing together with out you. VBG Thanks for keeping us in line. :) Deb -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Delaney Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 3:57 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [VFB] Photo Flo
Deb, Any soap or detergent is a wetting agent, since they all act as surfactants, lowering the surface tension. Believe it or not, small amounts of very expensive surfactants are put into industrial floor waxes to get them to lay down on the floors nice and evenly (when in college I worked in a small liquid osap & wax factory and part of my job was to accurately weigh out the amount of surfactant for the current batch...for a 1000 gallon batch the surfactant used was a few grams, but the price for the grams was high). Mark Delaney --- Deborah Duran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just realized I have synthrapol also. That isn't > a wetting agent though, > is it?? That would be closer to the dish soap > wouldn't it. It's used to > clean feathers before dying them. When I shake it, > it makes bubbles like > dish soap. But then so does the photo flo as > someone pointed out (I haven't > used that). Jet dry doesn't do the same thing. It > does coat your fingers > though so I bet it would work with the silicone. > Deb > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of William Andreas > Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 10:00 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]@troutnet.com > Subject: RE: [VFB] Photo Flo > > Any wetting agent will work. The Photo-Flo deal was > Popovich's buddy, Ed > Jaworowski , probably grabbed it out of his > darkroom and the legend > progressed from there. > > I use synthoprol in water, Dawn Dishwashing liquid > also to Deb's point works > excellent too. > > > Bill > -----Original Message----- > From: Deborah Duran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Fri 1/14/2005 9:49 AM > To: [email protected] > Cc: > Subject: RE: [VFB] Photo Flo > > > > You use Photo Flo on your fingers when working with > Silicone. It > keeps it > from sticking to your fingers and you can spread > and shape the > silicone. > > Photo Flo is used to clean the chemicals from your > photos after > developing, > It's soap. Dawn is a clear dish detergent much > like the photo flo > and is > mild. The woman is an amazing photographer so I > just followed her > advice. > It worked. > Deb > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of edward s engelman > Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 8:51 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [VFB] Photo Flo > > Deb > > I knew of pranksters who would put a bottle of > photo-flo into a > public > fountain. The bubbles from it would spread out > like the Eggplant > that Ate > Chicago [This was an old B science fiction movie]. > > BTW Deb what does Photo-flo do for your flies? > > Ed Engelman > www.EdEngelman.com > > > > -- > Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org) > > > ---------- Original Message ----------- > From: "Deborah Duran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 07:46:47 -0500 > Subject: [VFB] Photo Flo > > > I'm curious as to how many of you use Photo Flo. > I had a hard > time > finding > > the Photo Flo with so many college students here > grabbing it for > > their classes and a poorly run photography store > that couldn't > keep > > it in stock. I have a neighbor that is a > professional photographer > > and she told me to just use dawn dish detergent > on my flies > instead. > > It's worked great! Saved me some money I'm sure. > I haven't > > bothered to try to find Photo Flo again. Deb > ------- End of Original Message ------- > > > > > > > > ===== So much water, so little time! Website: http://chemprof.tripod.com/fishing.html E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - What will yours do? http://my.yahoo.com
