[pure-silver] Re: new darkroom
- From: Bill Stephenson <photographica@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 17:17:33 -0500
Adrienne -
There are some water-based epoxy paints on the market desigined for =20
basement walls and floors. I've used one from Sears, and one industrial =20=
one that my late father-in-law dropped off one afternoon with the =20
warning that "you've got 40 minutes to use it - and don't have your =20
brush in it then". He was (almost) right - it became to hard to brush =20=
at about 45 minutes. (That's the disadvantage - once you add the =20
hardner, it's use it or lose it.) Both paints held up well (Sears on =20
the floor) for the 6-7 years between painting and moving, and it was a =20=
workshop floor (didn't have a darkroom there) that I painted. Biggest =20=
plus? Virtually no odor!
-Bill
On Friday, January 7, 2005, at 04:44 PM, Adrienne Moumin wrote:
> I know you're right, Richard, but I have a few bare cement floor areas =
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> which
> are dust factories. I thought about the fact that lots of folks who =20=
> build
> their own sinks use marine coatings, etc. The last darkroom I rented, =
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> an
> excellent one, had such a sink. Ya gotta do what ya gotta do, and I =20=
> just
> have to seal up that cement!
>
> Georges, I agree w/you about staying from that insulation sheet. One =
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> of
> the many renovations this house needed was mold remediation, and it =20=
> isn't
> fun or cheap! Trapping moisture against a wall would be a bad idea =20=
> indeed!
>
> -Adrienne
>
> ***************************************
> Please, please shake some booty on the dance floor. You look great in =20=
> those
> pants and we totally spy you tapping your foot up against the wall, =20=
> flower.
> If the beat moves you, then rock it.
>
> from "nonsense nyc," 12/31/04...and their list of rules for New Year's =
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> Eve
> (and for life).
>
>
> -----SNIP-------------------
>>
>> There are special sealers for both concrete blocks and
>> concrete flooring. They are effective and long lived. The
>> problem is that they smell awful and the smell takes a long
>> time to dissipate.
>> This stuff is not paint but rather a plastic of some
>> sort.
>>
>> ---
>> Richard Knoppow
>> Los Angeles, CA, USA
>> dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>
>> Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 07:31:35 +0100
>> From: Georges Giralt <georges.giralt@xxxxxxx>
>> Subject: [pure-silver] Re: pure-silver Digest V2 #6
>>
>> Hi Adrienne !
>> Encapsulate is planned.
>> I will use a special cement used for the inside of pools which is
>> plastic white, totally waterproof and resistant to wear, chemicals, =20=
>> and
>> so. It will prevent salpeter (sp?) formation on the walls also. (a =
bit
>> expensive, but I've a little surface to do, and as I've used it =20
>> before,
>> like the product, and know it well. BTW it is made by Sika)
>> As far as heating goes, I've the option to hook to the central =
heating
>> system (hot water based with some pipes in the basement) or using an
>> electric heater for the periods I'll print in it.
>> My main concern is humidity/fungus. Toulouse is a somewhat wet city =
in
>> winter (hot and dry in summer) and my ecologist way of thinking =20
>> refrains
>> me to use a dehumidifier in for 24h a day. (electricity is not =
cheap)
>> So at first, I'll keep the lenses out of my basement.
>> I've collected all the books about darkroom construction, and had a =20=
>> look
>> at Ctein's one in "Post Exposure".
>> I wonder is I use the plastic isolation sheet someone mentioned, as =
I
>> fear it force humidity in (preventing it's escape)... This is the big
>> issue, because once the plastic sheet will be in (or not) and walls
>> constructed I'll have no way to remove/put it...
>> Enjoy your darkroom !
>> And have a nice day !
>> Adrienne Moumin a =E9crit :
>>> Congrats on your new darkroom, Mark!
>>>
>>> Georges, the main piece of advice I can give you about those cement
>> walls
>>> is....ENCAPSULATE. I have a few things, cinder block walls & some
>> exposed
>>> cement floor among them, which are very dust producing. Every =
single
>> such
>>> surface must, it seems to me, be thoroughly coated with primer =
and/or
>> paint,
>>> or some other type of coating. They make specific types for =20
>>> basements,
>>> floors, etc.
>>>
>>> It's a drag to have to do this, & I am coming off a mostly nonstop =
14
>> months
>>> of house renovations, some of which I have done myself....but I am
>>> determined to not skimp because I don't feel like doing it, and =
being
>> sorry
>>> later.
>>>
>>> Not sure what your heating/cooling system is, but we had new =
ductwork
>> added
>>> onto our system to ventilate the darkroom, it's near the floor of =
the
>> room
>>> entrance. An updraft exhaust fan from a defunct kitchen stove is
>> mounted
>>> above the sink, & works great.
>>>
>>> I actually used that book to help me design my darkroom, Claudio.
>>>
>>> Well, back to it.
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