At Least Photographers don't blow their studios up anymore

[DEMDeepEllumMusic]

http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/...y/collodio.htm

One might also mention the safety factor. The collodion mixture was not only inflammable but highly explosive. It is reported that several photographers demolished their darkrooms and homes, some even losing their lives, as a result of careless handling of the photographic chemicals.

[billbunton]

And to think, I used to clean front-surface mirrors with the stuff :-)