Anything organic in contact with any kind of water can grow mold.  But maybe
not in contact with ammonia :).

b

On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 2:28 PM, Linda Feltner <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> Oh, distilled water would probably not grow as much mold....didn't  someone
> mention mold?
> Our water isn't probably good for any archival work, ha.
> Linda
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> On May 7, 2011, at 9:59 AM, Anne Runyon wrote:
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>  Good suggestion, and worth a try, Linda. Might avoid the need for ammonia
> that way.
> (I use distilled water to dilute the mask, and added the ammonia to revive
> old lumpy stuff.)
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> Annie
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>  *From:* Linda Feltner <[log in to unmask]>
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> *Subject:* Re: [SCIART] masking liquids
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> I wonder if it's possible, in order to keep the latex from drying out in
> the bottle, if one could store it by gently (eyedropper maybe) filling the
> air space with water, then putting the lid back on. That would displace the
> air, which apparently activates the latex to make a "skin", and when stirred
> before use, the skin becomes lumps.
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> The water could be gently poured (or syphoned) off before the new usage,
> and wouldn't matter if a bit of water was stirred in regardless.
>
> Just a thought,
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