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Old April 29th 09, 01:08 AM posted to rec.photo.darkroom
Jean-David Beyer
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Default Borax granular vs 20 Mule Team

Richard Knoppow wrote:
Lloyd at @the-wire. dot com wrote in message
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On Sat, 25 Apr 2009 07:56:11 -0700 (PDT), Lew
wrote:

Are these the same? I'm looking for the 3 grams specified
for the
Microphen substitute in Darkroom CB.



April 28, 2009, from Lloyd Erlick,

Watch out for anhydrous borax. I foolishly
bought a large bag of it many years ago, just
because the price was attractive.

Anhydrous borax dissolves in water so slowly
we will all die of old age waiting. I could
find no additional chemicals that made it
dissolve fully. It's a nice white powder that
you can pour on the ground to mark your path.

regards,
--le
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Kodak used to include a warning about this along with
its formulas calling for Borax. It stated that only
granulated Borax should be used "because powdered Borax
dissolves only with great difficulty."


I thought they said that about boric acid, not borax.
It may be true for both.

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