Hey, THAT is a fantastic idea ! J -- http://www.shampoo.ca -----Original Message----- From: terry lindquist <tsll@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:10:01 To:pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Temporary darkrooms ....I ran narrow strips of VELCRO (you can purchase by the roll) around the edge of the window...opaque black material attaches to it....easy on-easy off.... ....anyway... terry On Apr 14, 2008, at 11:57 AM, Mark Blackwell wrote: > Well windows and doors seemed to slow me up most. Though the room > may have a duel use, I tried to find a way to store things like > chemicals separately so I could make those up ahead of needing them > if I knew I was going into the darkroom soon. > > Now I have a window in my darkroom/laundry room which the wife > wants open. The darkroom sink is more or less there, but it could > be removed fairly easily. I am building an internal shutter that > will just close over the window and bingo, no light (at least I > hope. More importantly the wife is happy and you know what > Foxworthy says. IF she ain't happy, you ain't happy. > > Organization (which for me wasn't easy) was the only way to speed > the process up. When you KNOW right where everything is and do it > the same way every time you get quicker. Looking for things in the > process for me was the biggest time waster. > > > --- On Mon, 4/14/08, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> From: Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@xxxxxxxxx> >> Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Temporary darkrooms >> To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Date: Monday, April 14, 2008, 11:02 AM >> In the 1970's I saw at the local camera store an >> inflatable darkroom. >> Like a tent, but light-proof and, instead of poles, it had >> inflatable >> columns. I live in an very old (antebellum) house, so >> finding a >> light-tight room is impossible unless I board up some >> windows. I wish >> they still had those things. >> >> >> Justin F. Knotzke wrote: >>> Ahh, convert your room.. ;) >>> >>> J >>> >>> -- >>> http://www.shampoo.ca >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: "Justin F. Knotzke" >> <jknotzke@xxxxxxxxxx> >>> >>> Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:45:49 >>> To:pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> Subject: Temporary darkrooms >>> >>> >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> For those of you who do not have dedicated >> darkrooms, how long does it take you to covert your room >> into a darkroom ? >>> >>> It seems to take me more then an hour to go from >> room to darkroom that is ready to print.. Which is to say, >> light tight, chemicals mixed. Etc >>> >>> Take down takes almost the same when I factor in >> the time it takes to empty the print washer.. >>> >>> Just seems really long. >>> >>> J >>> -- >>> http://www.shampoo.ca >>> >>> >> ===================================================================== >> ======================================== >>> 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. >>> >>> >> >> ===================================================================== >> ======================================== >> 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. > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > ______________ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http:// > mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > ====================================================================== > ======================================= > 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. > ============================================================================================================= 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.