[pure-silver] Re: new darkroom
- From: "J.R. Stewart" <jrstewart@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 01:03:54 -0500
I wonder, what is the deleterious effect, Richard.....something we can see
today or something we have to wait years to see?
I have one of these in my darkroom since Christmas... my darkroom now smells
like... well... a waterfall. It's a pleasant, clean smell but I wonder if
that's not a hint of ozone. It does not smell like the ozone smell you get
with arcing of an electrical current. I know waterfalls have an extremely
high level of electrons and I was associating the smell with the electron
levels.
J.R. Stewart
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From: "Richard Knoppow" <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 6:23 PM
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: new darkroom
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Adrienne Moumin" <photowonder2010@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 1:44 PM
> Subject: [pure-silver] Re: new darkroom
>
>
>>I know you're right, Richard, but I have a few bare cement
>>floor areas which
>> are dust factories. I thought about the fact that lots of
>> folks who build
>> their own sinks use marine coatings, etc. The last
>> darkroom I rented, an
>> excellent one, had such a sink. Ya gotta do what ya gotta
>> do, and I just
>> have to seal up that cement!
>>
>> Georges, I agree w/you about staying from that insulation
>> sheet. One of
>> the many renovations this house needed was mold
>> remediation, and it isn't
>> fun or cheap! Trapping moisture against a wall would be a
>> bad idea indeed!
>>
>> -Adrienne
>>
> One thing learned by those who operate clean rooms is
> that the proper kind of carpet can reduce dust. The carpet
> holds dust while bare floors let it blow around. The carpet
> must be kept well cleaned.
> A sealer is important for preventing moisture from
> penetrating the floor or wall. It may reduce dust from
> disintgration of the surfaces but does not reduce dust from
> other sources.
> Creating a truely dust-free environment is not simple, it
> can be done, as in high class clean rooms, but is expensive.
> An electrostatic dust precipator can be helpful but when
> such a machine isoperated in a darkroom one must make sure
> it doesn't generate Ozone, which has a deleterious effect on
> photographic materials.
>
> ---
> Richard Knoppow
> Los Angeles, CA, USA
> dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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