[darkroom] Tracking down chem storage bottles.

[Brendan Seabrook]

Ordered.

Won't be here for a week.

Brendan

On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 3:37 PM, sen <hacklab at sen.cx> wrote:

> 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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