[pure-silver] Re: Help removing (metol) stain.


-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher Woodhouse <chris.woodhouse@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Jan 30, 2005 12:59 AM
To: "pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [pure-silver] Help removing (metol) stain.

Whenever I develop a film in Perceptol, I am left with a grey slime over my
tank and reels. I assume it is a metol by-product, since I don't have this
problem with any other developer.

Is there an easy way to clean the tank and reels? (The tank I can wipe with
a cloth, but the reels are more tricky and resist attempts with a nail
brush)
-- 
Regards Chris Woodhouse ARPS


    I doubt if this is from Metol, which is in a great many film and paper 
developers. It may be silver or silver sulfide. A dichromate cleaner will 
certainly get it off but you may have success with household bleach which is a 
lot safer. 
    Do you have this problem with a particular kind of film?  
    I used Microdol-X routinely for several years without any kind of residue, 
you might consider it as a substitute for the Perceptol. 




Richard Knoppow
dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Los Angeles, CA, USA
=============================================================================================================
To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your 
account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) 
and unsubscribe from there.

Other related posts: