[LargeFormat] Pyro Tips Wanted

[Rich Lahrson]

Hi Lee!

      Right!  It's Amidol that causes the stained fingernails.  I guess it's
a good idea to use the rubber gloves for the pyro developers.  BTW,
I haven't used either yet.  Rich

Lee Carmichael wrote:

> Hi Rich,
>     I think the dark fingernails might not be caused by pyro.  Certainly not
> PMK.  Most likely they were caused by Amidol.  PMK is a fairly new formula
> by Gordon Hutchings.  Ed Weston had his own version of PYRO  it is called
> ABC PYRO.  You can find the formula on Michael A. Smith's fine web page.
> www.michaelandpaula.com
> Also, in the book The Darkroom Cookbook by Steve Anchell page 128 and page
> 129.
>
> lee
> > Hi Clive!
> >      I'll be using Pyro for the first time soon.  I'm a slow moving snail
> > on most of my photo projects.
> >      I realize that everyone seems to recommend the rubber gloves for
> > processsing with Pyro.  I also recall seeing a portrait of Paul Strand
> > and his fingernails were dark from using it.  Another 'old master',
> > Edward Weston, had similar dark fingernails.  Rich