Dhuiting
9-Jul-2018, 10:30
Hi All, I recently moved from a Jobo CPA2 to A Jobo ATL2+. I primarily shoot 8x10 c41 film, but also do E6 and black and white. Point being that I don't always use the same front bottles for the same kind of chemicals 100% of the time.
I'm wondering how the heck you're supposed to ever get the front bottles clean since there's always a few ml of chemistry (or water, after the cleaning cycle) left in the bottom.
I don't process every day so I'm not sure its great to have leftover chemistry sitting in the bottles. I guess I could run the clean cycle with water and let the remaining amount evaporate over time by leaving the bottle lids off, but that would invite dust into the bottles.
I'm doing my best to mostly use the same chemistry in the same bottles, i.e:
Bottle 1: First Dev for E6 or Dev for B&W
Bottle 2: Reversal bath only
Bottle 3: Color dev for E6 or Dev for C41
Bottle 4: Stop bath for B&W and C41, or Conditioner/Pre-bleach for E6 (Is there a potential contamination issue here? Even with washing in between? I'm not sure how different these chemicals are)
Bottle 5: Bleach only
Bottle 6: Blix or Fixer for C41 (depending on the kit I can afford at the time), Fixer for E6, or Fixer for B and W
Just wondering if there's some tricks I don't know about for keeping the ATL clean and contamination free. (Some kind of small vacuum or turkey baster type thing to get all the chemicals or excess water out after using, etc.)
thanks,
I'm wondering how the heck you're supposed to ever get the front bottles clean since there's always a few ml of chemistry (or water, after the cleaning cycle) left in the bottom.
I don't process every day so I'm not sure its great to have leftover chemistry sitting in the bottles. I guess I could run the clean cycle with water and let the remaining amount evaporate over time by leaving the bottle lids off, but that would invite dust into the bottles.
I'm doing my best to mostly use the same chemistry in the same bottles, i.e:
Bottle 1: First Dev for E6 or Dev for B&W
Bottle 2: Reversal bath only
Bottle 3: Color dev for E6 or Dev for C41
Bottle 4: Stop bath for B&W and C41, or Conditioner/Pre-bleach for E6 (Is there a potential contamination issue here? Even with washing in between? I'm not sure how different these chemicals are)
Bottle 5: Bleach only
Bottle 6: Blix or Fixer for C41 (depending on the kit I can afford at the time), Fixer for E6, or Fixer for B and W
Just wondering if there's some tricks I don't know about for keeping the ATL clean and contamination free. (Some kind of small vacuum or turkey baster type thing to get all the chemicals or excess water out after using, etc.)
thanks,