Joseph O'Neil
23-Sep-2007, 07:05
Hi all;
A local camera store is closing it's downtown location for one in the suburbs. Interestingly the mall they are transferring everything to is perhaps the last location in the city where local customers buy & use film and film cameras more than digital.
I got to go through some of the "junk" in the basement (which is all going on sale in a couple of weeks) and came away with a box of older, but not too old, Kodak chemistry - about 24 bottles in total. Wooopie!!!. :)
Now the Photoflow I am sure lasts forever. Indicator stop bath - I'm pretty sure that stuff stays good forever too - basically it's vinegar with dye, and if it doesn't work with film/paper, maybe it'll go good on my fries. (Those of you outside the UK and Canada may not get that one. :) )
But the dozen bottles of HC-110, all still sealed, I am wondering if there is a time when that stuff actually goes bad. I've been using HC-110 for 25 years now, and never had a bottle, even half full go bad on me. I should point out I always use it direct from syrup, and in that form it seems to last forever.
There is no expiry date on the bottles (which would make them pre-1996 I think), and some bottles are the newer round style, some the older "cube" style.
I do plan on testing before i use it, but i've not seen any references on the web about the syrup going bad. IN any event, the whole box cost me less than the price of one new bottle of stop bath, so who's to complain?
thanks
joe
A local camera store is closing it's downtown location for one in the suburbs. Interestingly the mall they are transferring everything to is perhaps the last location in the city where local customers buy & use film and film cameras more than digital.
I got to go through some of the "junk" in the basement (which is all going on sale in a couple of weeks) and came away with a box of older, but not too old, Kodak chemistry - about 24 bottles in total. Wooopie!!!. :)
Now the Photoflow I am sure lasts forever. Indicator stop bath - I'm pretty sure that stuff stays good forever too - basically it's vinegar with dye, and if it doesn't work with film/paper, maybe it'll go good on my fries. (Those of you outside the UK and Canada may not get that one. :) )
But the dozen bottles of HC-110, all still sealed, I am wondering if there is a time when that stuff actually goes bad. I've been using HC-110 for 25 years now, and never had a bottle, even half full go bad on me. I should point out I always use it direct from syrup, and in that form it seems to last forever.
There is no expiry date on the bottles (which would make them pre-1996 I think), and some bottles are the newer round style, some the older "cube" style.
I do plan on testing before i use it, but i've not seen any references on the web about the syrup going bad. IN any event, the whole box cost me less than the price of one new bottle of stop bath, so who's to complain?
thanks
joe