<div dir="ltr">Ordered.<br><br>Won't be here for a week.<br><br>Brendan</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 3:37 PM, sen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hacklab@sen.cx" target="_blank">hacklab@sen.cx</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Yeah you're right, more 1L bottles rather than less 2L makes sense from a<br>
freshness point of view. We can always store bottles that aren't in use in<br>
the closet, and I want to shuffle things a bit more in the upcoming weeks<br>
to make room for more chemistry.<br>
Your numbers sound reasonable! Freestyle Photo worked well for me and<br>
they're pretty well known overall so I'd order from them unless there's a<br>
good reason not to.<br>
-sen<br>
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On Wed, February 18, 2015 15:33, Brendan Seabrook wrote:<br>
> 2x1L for Xtol, 2x1L for D76, 2x1L for Dektol another for more fixer.<br>
> Given<br>
> the colour enlarger and the ability to do C41 I assume people will want to<br>
> do some RA-4 colour paper which will need 2 bottles. The rest would be<br>
> for things we want to try but don't know about yet (the known unknown)<br>
> such as Acufine or Foma R100 (B&W slide). I would rather order a couple<br>
> extra than be a few short but I also understand space is a premium so I'm<br>
> flexible.<br>
><br>
> The accordions only go down to about 1/2 size. If we use 2x1L bottles<br>
> rather than 1x2L then the second bottle might stay a bit "fresher", but I<br>
> can get the 2L accordions if they will work better for other things.<br>
><br>
> Alternatively I could get some of these:<br>
> <a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/88372-REG/Doran_Plastic_Storage_Tank" target="_blank">http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/88372-REG/Doran_Plastic_Storage_Tank</a><br>
> _2.html<br>
> But at 7+ litre they seem a bit big. Can't seem to find any smaller.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Brendan.<br>
><br>
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> On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 2:21 PM, sen <<a href="mailto:hacklab@sen.cx">hacklab@sen.cx</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
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>> We ordered the existing accordion bottles (and film washer and random<br>
>> other stuff) from Freestyle Photo, <a href="http://freestylephoto.biz" target="_blank">freestylephoto.biz</a> (despite the URL<br>
>> they're legit). I don't know anywhere local, which is why I gave up and<br>
>> ordered them. 12 more bottles seems overkill to me, where did 6+6 come<br>
>> from? I could see us needing one for Xtol, one for D-76, one for Dektol,<br>
>> what else? I want to grab some larger trays and larger bottles to be<br>
>> able to do larger prints, but I'll be doing that in a month or two since<br>
>> I can't<br>
>> justify the cost right now. -sen<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On Wed, February 18, 2015 13:34, Brendan Seabrook wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> So I took lunch to grab some more bottles for storing the photo<br>
>>> chems.<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> Aden: None. Don't sell.<br>
>>> Downtown: None. Backordered. Have been for over a month.<br>
>>> Henry's: None. Backordered. Have been for over a month.<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> So it looks like either there is a genuine large backorder or the<br>
>>> supplier/distributor no longer carries them. Unless anyone knows of<br>
>>> somewhere else in town, I'm just going to buy them online.<br>
>>><br>
>>> From what I can tell we could probably do with ~6 accordion bottles<br>
>>> and ~6<br>
>>> rigid indicator bottles. Is this about right? Does anyone have any<br>
>>> suggestions as to where to buy or know where the last lot came from?<br>
>>> (I<br>
>>> will be ordering later tonight so let me know soon).<br>
>>><br>
>>> We also need somewhere to store mixed xtol and d76. From the sheets<br>
>>> they last 6 months in a no air container and 2 months in a 50% air<br>
>>> container. Given both make 2 litres I think we could probably get away<br>
>>> with 2x 1-litre<br>
>>> bottles at they are both normally used at stock or 1:1 (so ~3-8 rolls<br>
>>> a bottle).<br>
>>><br>
>>> Thanks<br>
>>> Brendan<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
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