[pure-silver] Re: new darkroom
- From: "Adrienne Moumin" <photowonder2010@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2005 08:46:07 -0500
Bill, thanks for the advice about that Sears water-based basement floor &
wall paint, I'll check it out.
And thanks for that lesson on ozone & O2, Jim, I'll definitely look into
getting one of those units when I start moving my equipment into the
darkroom.
-Adrienne
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Please, please shake some booty on the dance floor. You look great in those
pants and we totally spy you tapping your foot up against the wall, flower.
If the beat moves you, then rock it.
from "nonsense nyc," 12/31/04...and their list of rules for New Year's Eve
(and for life).
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>Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 17:17:33 -0500
>Subject: [pure-silver] Re: new darkroom
>From: Bill Stephenson <photographica@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>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=
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>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!
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>-Bill
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>Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 17:15:10 -0800
>From: Jim Brick <jim@xxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [pure-silver] Re: new darkroom
>
>At 03:23 PM 1/7/2005, Richard Knoppow wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
>
>I'm 67 years old and have had a darkroom since I was 12 years old. And yes,
>I have always had a dust problem. The operative word is... HAD.
>
>I've been using a Sharper Image Ionic Breeze air purifier in my darkroom
>for the past five years. As of the past five years, my darkroom has been
>totally dust free. I DO NOT have a dust problem when printing. It is simply
>a non issue. Which is why so many of my friends like to print in my
>darkroom... :-)
>
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