Yup soooooo,this morning i return to the studio after a long labor day weekend to find a massive amount of water surrounding my Fridge/freezer that i keep my paper and film in.(yup i didn't close the freezer door all the way on Friday) The whole freezer defrosted and there was water every ware inside and on the floor.all my materials were in plastic bags which were soaked.40 boxes of paper (5X7 to 11X14) lots of them are retro like brovera and ecktaluer,along with new paper like illford gallery and such.as well as 11X14 film,4X5 film ,35mm,and 120..Quickly got the materials out and wiped down the bags but some bags leaked which made the boxes soggy.Took some of them in the darkroom to check and all is well.But man o man i so did have visions of loosing my stash,some of these papers are irreplaceable,and i prize my stock.Think i lost one box of illford RC tho.I think i dodged a bullet here , man I was frantic there for awhile.
Anny one else got a disaster story or close to disaster story with materials?
thanks for hearing my story..
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