[darkroom] Tracking down chem storage bottles.

[sen]

Yeah you're right, more 1L bottles rather than less 2L makes sense from a
freshness point of view. We can always store bottles that aren't in use in
the closet, and I want to shuffle things a bit more in the upcoming weeks
to make room for more chemistry.
Your numbers sound reasonable! Freestyle Photo worked well for me and
they're pretty well known overall so I'd order from them unless there's a
good reason not to.
 -sen

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