You really want to play with this?
https://apps.wku.edu/sds/uploads/docs/7830.pdf
You really want to play with this?
https://apps.wku.edu/sds/uploads/docs/7830.pdf
Well the title says potassium chloride, missed the KCN part, should look a little closer before I post.
Roger
Roger, sorry about the title. Apparently that is an edit I can't make.
No, I don't want to "PLAY" with it, but I'd like it for wet plate collodion. It gives the color I prefer. What I have is nearly gone. I'm more likely to be killed by some virus, heart disease, stroke, car accident, alcohol poisoning, drug overdose, drowning, shark bite, gunshot, falling on my head, or the disease I already have (only one per customer, please). Right now, KCN is the bottom of the list and it will stay that way.
It’s a restricted chemical but most chemical suppliers will sell to you with proper requirements. Best to contact them directly.
Try https://www.mileschemical.com/ or https://www.laballey.com/
At the very least they will need a Resale Certificate, TIN, and perhaps safe handling assurance.
Person who taught me WPC used it a lot for his work and workshops. His business justified it’s procurement. I suspect you have some aptitude in using it and I understand your preference.
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It's amazing stuff. And at the dilutions used for fixing plates, not particularly worrisome if used with care. I do have some, but you'd have to be in SF to pick it up. I'm mostly interested in negatives, so I would be willing to part with it. Really, the silver bath is likely the nastiest part of doing wet plate.
OK, everything reconciled, thread title - with KCN and cyanide - should now be correct. Thanks to all for the behind-the-scenes correspondence.
You don’t need kcn for gaining a color. Developer can also give you a warm color.
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What Alex said. You don't need KCn to chase down a specific color rendering. There are other ways to get a warm-colored plate.
Besides, it is well on its way to a tightly controlled/restricted substance and in 5 years its likely you won't be able to buy it, period. A well-known merchant used to supply it fairly readily, but after several buyers - unbeknownst to the merchant - acquired it for the purpose of committing suicide, they decided to make it much more difficult to acquire. And for good reason.
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There are times when derailing a serious topic with frivolous tangential comments is really unhelpful.
Closing the thread at the OP's request.
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