Lets See Your Darkroom

[Michael Clark]

I think, hanging your dog in a bag, out side a car door is not a good idea.

[Bruce Barlow]

But cats are OK.

[Willie]

I think, hanging your dog in a bag, out side a car door is not a good idea.

You are right. Former US Presidential loser Mitt Romney says you put them on the roof of the Family Truckster when you drive.

[Corran]

Sooooo darkroom is kinda finished but we discovered an issue with the plumbing. Apparently either the builder did something really stupid with the plumbing and ran a pipe into the ground with no sewer output or there's something else screwy going on. Looks like worse case scenario I may have to have a little 10-gallon tank under and to the left of the sink with a sump pump up to the main sewer line. So it goes.

Here's a couple pics:

[stawastawa]

Spiffy!
bummer about the sink. but collection and sump pump should be an alright solution, a way to make sure you are conserving water =)

nice Arkey heater and nice foot switch.

[Corran]

Good eye! I love the footswitch and audible timer for my Beseler. Really helped with my consistency and d&b work.

[Pali K]

That is such a beautiful setup Bryan.

Pali

[Peter Lewin]

Corran: I'm probably missing something obvious. I see your shelves with the trays for printing, but no sink (other than the small one with the plumbing issue). Where will you do your printing?

[David Schaller]

My question too. I see big trays and a very small sink!

[Corran]

Hi Peter, David - the trays will be set on top of the bench on the left. It's just long enough for 3 20x24s side-by-side. I know the traditional thing is to have the trays in a big sink but I've never done that. I've never really understood why that was done in the first place.

I will be placing another big tray to the right of the sink with a siphon into the sink for a holding bath and/or washing. In the photo the water bath for C-41 is there now. I have to move the Arkay under the bench though as I discovered last night the red glow from the "on" lamp leaks through the heat vents on the side of the machine, slightly. Also, speaking of light, I found that my new LED shop lights have a tiny, tiny glow when off. Research suggests a tiny amount of inducted electricity is enough to keep the LEDs glowing very slightly when off, and of course everyone says "don't worry about it" but it matters in a darkroom! It looks exactly like the slight glow from my timers and other glow-in-the-dark stuff so it may be okay - will have to test with an exposed bit of film - but not sure what the solution for the issue is otherwise. I unplugged the one over the sink last night when working.