If I remember correclty I learned that from an Old GEVAERT manual. Yes, It worked real well for 1 gallon amounts, even in cold water. Sometimes I just left the solutions there and went to bed or to school, they would be ready when I was back. --- Richard Knoppow <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "titrisol" <titrisol@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 8:10 AM > Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Fixer Hydration > > > > To dissolve crystalline thio the trick was using a "tea > > bag" > > > > Just put the thiosulphate in a piece of cheese cloth > > ["hypo-bag"] > > Put water in a bucket/wide mouuth bottle and put the > > "hypo-bag" > > hanging on the top of the container. > > A few hours later (over night was my preference) the hypo > > will > > be dissolved without effort. > > > This method is described in Kodak's handbook of motion > picture laboratory practice of the 1930's. There its called > the "filter bag" method. Helpful if you are cooking up 120 > gallons of solution at a time:-) I nevery thought to try it > for small amounts. > > --- > Richard Knoppow > Los Angeles, CA, USA > dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > ============================================================================================================= > 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. > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http://my.yahoo.com ============================================================================================================= 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.