Silver Nitrate Stains

gr82bart

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OK, so the ONE TIME I forget to wear my gloves or bring my darkroom apron is the time I get the black stain of AgNetc on my fingers and a nice streak on a very cool and well loved Billabong T-shirt.

I figure, eventually, as my epidermis layers peel off, the finger stain will go away, but what about my T? Is it consigned to Goodwill?

Regards Art.
 

Ole

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Unless you can get rid of the stain with Farmer's reducer...
 

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gr82bart said:
figure, eventually, as my epidermis layers peel off, the finger stain will go away, but what about my T? Is it consigned to Goodwill?

Regards Art.
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doesnt your Tshirt shed it's epidermis like your fingers?

Why not just relegate it to a "darkroom" tshirt?
 

David A. Goldfarb

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I'd just call it a "darkroom shirt" like mm suggests, but there may be a potassium permanganate bleach that works without causing too much other trouble.
 

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Simple solution is to use color paper blix, diluted with water with some extra DiSodium EDTA in it. This can be "developed by inspection" and does a fine job on clothes. Much gentler than farmers reducer and safer too.

Now my big secret is out.

PE
 
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