What Is the Polaroid Type 55/665 Coater Fluid?

**Andre Noble** · 31-Aug-2004, 21:36

Does anyone know what the actual chemical/compound that makes up the Polaroid Type 55/665 coater liquid?

I wonder if it's possible to makes some up from scratch, fill a squirt bottle with it, and spray it onto prints instead of rubbing prints over with that pad that comes in the Polaroid film box.

I am asking because I've recently ruined a few 665 prints because of the coater applicator pad was not 'juicy' and it scraped off the image.

Thanks

**Bill Jefferson** · 1-Sep-2004, 03:06

Andre, Did you call Customer Care Center with your problem? 1-800-343-5000, or contact them thru the web.

**William Demere** · 1-Sep-2004, 09:53

See: http://www.polaroid.com/service/msds/m_0601.pdf

zinc acetate dihydrate, acetic acid, and alcohol

**Andre Noble** · 1-Sep-2004, 22:00

Thanks William. I saved the pdf file to my hard drive. This internet is really great for advancing LF photography.

Thanks so much. Will see what I can do with that info. Maybe figure out the ratios, and make a concoction, and dispense it from a squirt bottle like the kind of plastic squirt bottle used for PEC-12 fluid.