Does Amidol keep in water?

[Brook Martin]

I have a cheap (+/- $25.00) grain scale made for reloaders that is good for tiny measurements like this. I do wet plate, so turning everything black is a forgone conclusion.

[Eric Woodbury]

Brook, thanks. I use the same scale. It is fine, but tedious. I prefer measuring larger amounts so that I can use my triple beam. And on those days when I'm mindless, measure one liquid is even better.

I have a grey plastic sink that was grey for 25 years. After a couple rounds of using Amidol, it started turning dark. Very odd. I also had some white towels that I wiped up the slightest amounts of spilled powder. Now they are definitely makred as darkroom towels.

[Brook Martin]

I use to have a darkroom in the back of a flower shop. One day a traveling salesman came by with some stuff that he said could take the stain off of anything. I went and got a tray stained w/ amidol and told him if his stuff could get the stain off the tray I would buy a bottle, if it didnt he had to give me a bottle. I got a free bottle of pretty good cleaning stuff. At least cyanide gets silver out, I dont know of anything that gets amidol out once dry.

[Drew Wiley]

Every "real" photographer has black dev trays. It's like a badge or medal or certificate
of authenticity. Black fingernails I can do without. I use gloves.