Old Timey Camera Film Creation

callaway · **Posted:** Thu Dec 11, 2008 1:09 pm

I'm making an old timey camera ( 1850sish ) for a final project. The film I'm going to be using will use a dry waxed-paper process.
Does anyone know where I can find the following chemicals for use in creating the film?

- Beeswax ( not a chemical but the recipe I'm following calls for 6 - 8 bars. Where do I get bars of wax

)

- Potassium Iodide
- Silver Nitrate
- Glacial Acetic Acid
- Gallic Acid
- Sodium Thiosulfate
- Potassium Bromide

The only camera shops around these parts are all ritz or wolf and I doubt they'd sell chemicals... where would I find this stuff?

lionseye640 · **Posted:** Thu Dec 11, 2008 1:26 pm

callaway wrote:

I'm making an old timey camera ( 1850sish ) for a final project. The film I'm going to be using will use a dry waxed-paper process.
Does anyone know where I can find the following chemicals for use in creating the film?

- Beeswax ( not a chemical but the recipe I'm following calls for 6 - 8 bars. Where do I get bars of wax

)

- Potassium Iodide
- Silver Nitrate
- Glacial Acetic Acid
- Gallic Acid
- Sodium Thiosulfate
- Potassium Bromide

The only camera shops around these parts are all ritz or wolf and I doubt they'd sell chemicals... where would I find this stuff?

beeswax http://www.clarkswaxworks.com/cat.php?ID=4
potassium iodide http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_p?url=node%3D3348511&field-keywords=potassium+iodide&x=0&y=0
silver nitrate http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_p?url=node%3D3348511&field-keywords=silver+nitrate&x=0&y=0
glacial acetic acid http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_p?url=node%3D3348511&field-keywords=glacial+acetic+acid&x=0&y=0
sodium thiosulfate http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_p?url=node%3D3348511&field-keywords=sodium+thiosulfate&x=0&y=0
potassium bromide http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_p?url=node%3D3348511&field-keywords=potassium+bromide&x=0&y=0

Not sure about the gallic acid though. Hope that helps!

callaway · **Posted:** Thu Dec 11, 2008 1:36 pm

the things you can find on the internet

Not enough time to order online... need this for monday

... I'm going to go check out some more camera stores to see if i can find dark room chemicals...

lionseye640 · **Posted:** Thu Dec 11, 2008 1:46 pm

After quick call to our local camera shop, and the guy said to try a company called Helix. Worth a shot, not sure if they'll have anything like that though.

callaway · **Posted:** Thu Dec 11, 2008 4:33 pm

I went to a small shop in st. charles that had pre made fixer and developer and got those ( they were $7 each so why not )... gonna try and make those work w/the process i'm trying to do instead of making my own =/

lionseye640 · **Posted:** Thu Dec 11, 2008 5:16 pm

Good luck w/ the premade fixer & developer!

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