[pure-silver] Re: DS14 paper developer and a slimy mold
- From: "Breukel, C. \(HKG\)" <C.Breukel@xxxxxxx>
- To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 10:47:14 +0200
Hi Keith,
Good point about the water, but for the devloper I always use Millpore
fitered destilled water, for the stop and fix I use distilled water..
Best,
Cor
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> Subject: [pure-silver] Re: DS14 paper developer and a slimy mold
>
> Use filtred and boiled water or Aqua Dest. Before, however, changing
over
> the
> water source you must throughly clean the Nova.
>
> The slimmy stuff is bacteria growth. Since the Nova can withstand the
use
> of
> Clorine bleach I'd use 1:9 or 1:10 of "household" clorine bleach (as
sold
> in
> supermarkets) and let it soak for 1/2 hour or so. Following the use of
the
> bleach you need to rinse, rinse, rinse, rinse as its a bleach and you
> don't
> want any to mess with your prints.
>
> You may have spores in your water supply and tank and to tackle this
you
> want to
> use some anti-algae and sporacide compounds. They are available from
multi
> sources including home and garden as well as photographic and offset
> printing
> industry suppliers. I use some products from Shamrock in Holland.
>
> Quoting "Breukel, C. (HKG)" <C.Breukel@xxxxxxx>:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > The last 2 years I have been very happy with the DS14 paper
developer,
> > designed by Ryuji Suzuki. In combination with the replenisher it
works
> > like a charm in my Nova tank, with a working live upto 6 months.
> >
> > Yesterday I lifted off the lid of the Nova tank to dicover that a
nasty
> > slimy mold/fungus had formed in the developer. It still worked
though,
> > but it is not optimal, to say the least...
> >
> > So what compound could I add to the developer to prevent this
growth?
> > Obviously the compound shouldn't interfere with the developer
> > characteristics such as pH etc.
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Cor
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> Edward C. Zimmermann, Basis Systeme netzwerk, Munich
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