[pure-silver] Re: New Darkroom
- From: Sauerwald Mark <mark_sauerwald@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 15:46:34 -0800 (PST)
Adrienne
Good plan to use the mold-resistant paint. I finished
a new darkroom a couple of years ago, which is also in
a basement, about 50% below grade and have suffered
from moisture problems. I now run a dehumidifier in
the darkroom which helps quite a bit!
Mark
--- Adrienne Moumin <photowonder2010@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Thanks for setting my mind at ease about the
> chlorine, Richard. I figured
> it was probably OK since I couldn't find any
> mention. I'm using latex
> paint, of course. I chose mold-resistant basement
> paint since the room is
> approx. 80% below grade in a red clay dirt geo-area
> known for its moist
> summers.
>
> I was actually planning to let it sit a month for
> the paint to
> "outgas"...thanks for mentioning it!
>
> And thanks for the congrats, Becky! I'll try to
> take/send photos, but since
> at this point my backlog is 4 years of printing,
> including 1-1/2 years of
> film processing, please forgive me if it's not
> immediately forthcoming!
>
> -Adrienne
>
>
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>
> Even food becomes valuable only when there is not
> enough of it -- as soon as
> there is too much of it, we immolate herds of cattle
> and let warehouses of
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> -RUSSELL SMITH
> (excerpted from TheGlobeandMail.com, 9/2/03)
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>
>
> >
> >From: "Richard Knoppow" <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Subject: [pure-silver] Re: pure-silver Digest V1
> #114
> >Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 18:20:09 -0800
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Adrienne Moumin"
> <photowonder2010@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 4:24 PM
> >Subject: [pure-silver] Re: pure-silver Digest V1
> #114
> >
> >
> > > Speaking of "environmental pollutants," does
> anyone know
> > > whether highly
> > > chlorinated water affects film or print
> processing? I'm
> > > installing 5-micron
> > > rag filters which purportedly don't filter
> chlorine, and I
> > > can find no
> > > information on this subject. Any takers?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Adrienne
> > >
> > > (feverishly painting her new darkroom!!!!!!!!!!)
> >
> > A, what kind of paint are you using? The gasses
> emmitted
> >by some paint, certainly oil paint, are very bad
> for
> >photographic materials and displayed prints. I am
> not sure
> >about latex base paint. Several weeks are needed
> for the
> >outgassing to be completed.
> >
> > AFAIK, Chlorine and Chloramine have little or
> no effect
> >on photographic chemicals. Chlorine is destroyed by
> hypo.
> >Boiling water will drive of the Chlorine, which is
> a
> >dissolved gas. Chloramine, which is a newer
> material used by
> >many water suppliers, is not affected by boiling,
> it it can
> >be removed with an activated charcoal filter, like
> a Brita
> >filter.
> >
> >---
> >Richard Knoppow
> >Los Angeles, CA, USA
> >dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >
>
>
>
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