[pure-silver] Re: Deionized Water-Advantages & Sources?
- From: "Ryuji Suzuki" <rs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 15:59:26 -0400
The reality is that potable tap water is good enough for most darkroom
applications as long as the processing chemicals are properly
formulated. Indeed, if a processing works with distilled water but fails
with tap water, it's a poor formulation. I know Kodak tells people to
use distilled water if you call them to complain about XTOL, but I think
it's not a real solution to the problem.
I use triple distilled and deionized water for silver-gelatin emulsion
making, but that's the only place highly purified water is essential in
my darkroom. (Even that, the only early parts require such a pure water.
Later parts could be done with carbon filtered tap water.)
On Thu, 6 Apr 2006 13:29:06 -0400, "Ben R. McRee"
<ben.mcree@xxxxxxxxx> said:
> I've made a point of using distilled water for many of my photographic
> uses. But I'm hearing more references lately to distilled AND
> deionized water. What are the advantages? And where might I be able
> to find it?
>
> I was just in the grocery store today (where I usually buy distilled
> water). I didn't find any bottle that claimed the water was
> deionised. I also noted that the store has replaced much (but not
> all) of its selection of distilled with reverse osmosis water! I'm
> guessing that it may get harder to find distilled water.
>
> --Ben
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