[pure-silver] Re: Temporary darkrooms
- From: "Richard Knoppow" <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:47:21 -0700
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From: "Justin F. Knotzke" <jknotzke@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 8:45 AM
Subject: [pure-silver] 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
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http://www.shampoo.ca
My own darkroom for many years has been a very small
kitchen but with some stuff in an adjoining service porch
and bathroom.
The kitchen is about large enough to turn around in.
Fortunately it has a sink with a large counter top area. I
rig this into a duck board for trays made of two long strips
of 1x3 and some cross pieces of about 1/2" square. It lifts
off and is stored away when not in use. I also rigged a
counter top to go over the stove. The enlarger is on a
combination cabinet and stand. I have a large wash tub in
the service porch with yet another duckboard on it to hold
the wash tray for RC. I have a Zone VI washer that gets put
in the bathtub when used.
There is only one large window. Its blacked out with a
close fitting cardboard cover with black-out plastic on
it.I've made black out curtains to fit over other windows
and a door.
Safelights are left up all the time. I have about enough
storage for both kitchen and darkroom stuff. This is not
ideal but is what I am stuck with at the moment. It takes me
probably ten or fifteen minutes to rig this for printing or
processing sheet film. Roll film is done using a changing
bag so there is not much that has to be done.
I can and have printed 16x20s in this room. I think
actually a darkroom can be too big. In this small space I
can reach anything I want with perhaps two or three steps at
most.
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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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