The taste of fixer

[hadeer]

Quite a few years back I used to check if the paper was sufficiently washed by lifting the sheet from the washer, let most of the water drip off and then taste the last drops that fell off with the tip of my tongue. If there was fixer residue those drops had a typical taste and I had to wash some more. I have no photos from that time that show bad fixing. Anyone ever used the same method?(I use a chemical for testing nowadays)

[cliveh]

I believe Van Gogh use to drink absinthe diluted with ink. I enjoy comments by mad artists.

[ic-racer]

I know a good way to check you blood sugar...

[clayne]

If it's sodium thiosulfate I doubt it'll do much to the body at all. Isn't it also used for tap water treatment?

If it's ammonium thiosulfate that might be different, but PE could probably answer more.

[Robert Hall]

As a child I was told I was fond of dirt. I grew out of that... I think.

Funny how we seem to think that using our tongue for testing is just something we even consider.

Sodium Sulfite used to used to preserve meat IIRC. It tastes like a nasty salt.

[mhcfires]

As a child I was told I was fond of dirt. I grew out of that... I think.

Funny how we seem to think that using our tongue for testing is just something we even consider.

Sodium Sulfite used to used to preserve meat IIRC. It tastes like a nasty salt.

Sodium NITRITE is used to preserve meat. A big difference…

[polyglot]

Sodium NITRITE is used to preserve meat. A big difference…

Nitrites yes, but also sulfites (E222) though not for meat preservation.

[bdial]

Not a method I've tried, or considered.

[Aristophanes]

Maybe you were confused by the fumes and grabbed, of, say, the bottle of gin instead?

That might also explain the memories about it you are having now.

[paul ron]

Instead of tasting, I smell the wet print up close. I actually ran a test using the hypo HT-2 test solution n I am very close to smelling a completed wash.

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