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Some Dude - 15 Feb 2004 16:58 GMT

In desperation last night I reliased I had run out of my Flo and raced
to the kitchen. I didn't have any Ivory as I normally use when I'm
out but all I had was Cascade gel dishwashing detergent.

Said screw it and squirted about 1 TBSP into a 1 gallon jug, filled it
up with distilled water, shook it vigorously and proceeded to use it
on a roll of IR. Voila. Perfectly clean- no spots- no
nothing...identical to the "results" of Photo Flo.

So- if you get in a bind- and you use Cascade Gel, you know what to
do!

Cheers,
-sd
http://www.zoom.sh

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jjs - 15 Feb 2004 17:43 GMT

> In desperation last night I reliased I had run out of my Flo and raced
> to the kitchen. I didn't have any Ivory as I normally use when I'm
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> on a roll of IR. Voila. Perfectly clean- no spots- no
> nothing...identical to the "results" of Photo Flo.

And it smells better. Actually, you can cut the detergent to 1/4 that,
maybe half a teaspoon and it will be plenty 'wet'.

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Tom Thackrey - 15 Feb 2004 18:11 GMT

> > In desperation last night I reliased I had run out of my Flo and raced
> > to the kitchen. I didn't have any Ivory as I normally use when I'm
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> And it smells better. Actually, you can cut the detergent to 1/4 that,
> maybe half a teaspoon and it will be plenty 'wet'.

Any guess what the long term affect will be on the negative? I would assume
that the detergent folks aren't too concerned about archival issues.

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Some Dude - 15 Feb 2004 19:09 GMT

It'll probably shatter. :)

It does have Phosphorus in it (1.33 grams per tbsp)- although I have
no idea what that'd do to negs (i'm not a chemicisicist)

And I quote "Ingredients include phosphate salts and enzymes"

I mean- it worked as a one-off but I'm not sure if I'm going to use it
on money-making negatives, etc :)

And yeah, from a previous poster- it smells a hell of a lot better :)

>Any guess what the long term affect will be on the negative? I would assume
>that the detergent folks aren't too concerned about archival issues.

Cheers,
-sd
http://www.zoom.sh

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Jorge Omar - 15 Feb 2004 20:09 GMT

I don't know about Cascade - but I understand there is a dishwasher
product (forgot the US name, it's the final wash thing) that's fairly
used around the world as a poor man option...

Jorge

> In desperation last night I reliased I had run out of my Flo and raced
> to the kitchen. I didn't have any Ivory as I normally use when I'm
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> -sd
> http://www.zoom.sh

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Some Dude - 15 Feb 2004 21:37 GMT

"Jet Dry"

its not really a poor man option, though...Maybe a few cents cheaper
overall..

I think the best *common* poor man option is a drop or two of ivory
liquid into distilled water...

>I don't know about Cascade - but I understand there is a dishwasher
>product (forgot the US name, it's the final wash thing) that's fairly
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>> -sd
>> http://www.zoom.sh

Cheers,
-sd
http://www.zoom.sh

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