The drawbacks to liver of sulfur in dry form are the following:

Liver of sulfur was once used in pharmaceutical preparations such as "white lotion."

Flammability: Lump form liver of sulfur is considered a flammable solid.

Typically liver of sulfur comes in a dry rock form which must be broken into smaller pieces and dissolved in hot water for use.

As the artist explains, the process itself could be related to photography: the silver to the emulsion, the liver of sulfur to the developer.

Liver of sulfur is mainly used in metalworking to form a patina, turning copper alloys brown or black.

Shelf Life: Lump form liver of sulfur has a very short shelf life (about six months under the best of conditions).

Various polysulfides KS - KS are components of liver of sulfur.

For copper alloys, such as bronze, exposure to chlorides leads to green, while sulfur compounds (such as "liver of sulfur") tend to brown.

Inhalation hazard: Lump form liver of sulfur can cause an inhalation hazard due to the dust created by handling it or breaking the larger chunks into smaller pieces.

Liver of Sulfur is a poorly defined mixture of potassium sulfide, potassium polysulfide, potassium thiosulfate, and probably potassium bisulfide.

Silver, which itself is subject to air, light and humidity, became the ground; liver of sulfur the chemical agent; and metal plates, wood, paper, linen, and the wall itself the various supports.