Joseph O'Neil
18-Apr-2006, 13:03
Okay, you can all have a good laugh, but here's the dumb question for the day. Hell, dumb question for the whole month, but dunno where else to ask.
I get a pair of olive/ drab green 100% cotton pants for causal wear. I wear them while developing my 4x5's (HC-110, ilford hypam fix, water stop & wash), while printing (dektol, kodak indicator stop, ilford hypam, water wash) and while sepia toning (kodak sepia toner - bleach then toner).
This is over the course of a week . At the end of the week, my wife pulls the pants out of the laundry bin, wants to know why there are blue stains all over my pants, especailly since they are brand new. I say no problem, it will wash out. Well, it doesn't. She's not really mad at me, but after paying an arm, leg and my left gonad to get the car fixed this week, I sense her "exasperation threshold" is maxing out. I am not sure if it's really a stain, or a bleaching effect, or if the stains can even be cleaned.
so, short of remixing all my chemistry at once, and experimening ( those old Kodak hard rubber dip tanks would come in usefull though :) , anybody got a good guess at what might of caused the blue stains? thanks
joe
I get a pair of olive/ drab green 100% cotton pants for causal wear. I wear them while developing my 4x5's (HC-110, ilford hypam fix, water stop & wash), while printing (dektol, kodak indicator stop, ilford hypam, water wash) and while sepia toning (kodak sepia toner - bleach then toner).
This is over the course of a week . At the end of the week, my wife pulls the pants out of the laundry bin, wants to know why there are blue stains all over my pants, especailly since they are brand new. I say no problem, it will wash out. Well, it doesn't. She's not really mad at me, but after paying an arm, leg and my left gonad to get the car fixed this week, I sense her "exasperation threshold" is maxing out. I am not sure if it's really a stain, or a bleaching effect, or if the stains can even be cleaned.
so, short of remixing all my chemistry at once, and experimening ( those old Kodak hard rubber dip tanks would come in usefull though :) , anybody got a good guess at what might of caused the blue stains? thanks
joe