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Re: [Digital BW] MIS is selling the generic clear bases now

2012-03-16 by mis_inksupply

This almost looks like precipitation, is it floating or does it settle?  Would it be possible for us to get a sample as we can culture it to see if it is biological, and get an idea of what it is.

Also, which varient of the base is pictured?

-Justin 


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "pdesmidt tds.net" <pdesmidt@...> wrote:
>
> Well, I used a clean mason jar and teflon bar on a magnetic stirrer to mix
> up my batch, along with lab grade glycerol.  I used clean disposable
> syringes to measures and add the inks.  This system is not closed, though,
> and stuff in the air can get into it.  My photoflow was stored in my
> basement darkroom, which can be a little damp, and so maybe this was the
> problem.  I know that diluted photoflow solutions turn bad fairly soon in
> my darkroom.
> 
> I still have the base:
> http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae37/peterdesmidt/clear_base.jpg
> 
> I don't know if the mold grew in the cartridges, but I can't risk it, and I
> probably shouldn't use the cartridges again, sigh.
> 
> 
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>

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