[pure-silver] Re: cleaning containers
- From: "J.R. Stewart" <jrstewart@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 20:57:34 -0400
I highly recommend the wine bottle idea used with a suction pump and special
stopper. These are available at wine shops.. you get a set of stoppers and a
pump. Use the pump to evacuate all the air from the bottle ($15 USD) after each
use of the chemical. Developers last months (no kidding) in these things, you
get no evaporation (so no dried residues form), and the wine bottle supply
justifies throwing containers away when you want to (you'll rarely need to).
Pretty handy for people who get into the darkroom only intemittently.
The only washing I do is to rinse the bottles between batches.
J. Stewart
Leesburg, VA
----- Original Message -----
From: Becky
To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 2:41 AM
Subject: [pure-silver] cleaning containers
Hello everyone. It seems like it's been so long.... I haven't had the chance
to do any photographing in quite some time. The divorce is final now and slowly
I'm getting back to a normal life. That means I'll be able to do some
photographing and darkroom work again in the future. I'm moving my darkroom to
my mom's property, where I now live, and am wondering a few things. I was
wondering about the old bottles of developers and fixers and wondering if it
will hurt anything to just rinse them out with water or should I start with
fresh containers. They have been setting there with old chemicals in them for
over a year now. I hate to have to buy all new containers being that I'm on a
tight budget. Will the buildup in the bottles cause any trouble for me?
Becky Lynn
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