If I didn't already have a left over dorm sized refrigerator, I would probably buy one of these miniature refrigerators for collodion/ether:
https://www.gourmia.com/item.asp?item=10252
I've seen them at Walmart.
Kent in SD
If I didn't already have a left over dorm sized refrigerator, I would probably buy one of these miniature refrigerators for collodion/ether:
https://www.gourmia.com/item.asp?item=10252
I've seen them at Walmart.
Kent in SD
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Notte e di vogliam passar!
Thanks for the encouragement, about 15 seconds give or take. I'm going to practice with some plates and water over the sink.
It's premixed developer from wetplatesupplies here in the UK - WD1 positive developer.
Thank you Kent, I'm going to try pouring from a different vessel next time but will stick with this method for now
I tried Thermoelectric cooler warmer long ago, they really only keep cool things cool or warm, if contents have enough initial thermal mass when turned on.Meaning temp will stay cool or warm.
24 hours later while 'on' not much happens. Beer is a sad example.
I gave 2 away and will not waste any more money on those.
My Engle Fridge works very well and draws more power, but less than any other. I have one running right now in my very hot closed up trailer. This model. The beer is cold and i am going to drink one npw.
Tin Can
Thanks, Paul and Kent.
I have a small fridge in the basement, it only has film in it, and there's room for chemicals if needed.
I also have a cooler for moving about.
Thanks again
On filtering the silver bath, I filter mine "as needed", when the floaties build up. I have a red LED cluster on a swinging-arm lamp fixture I point directly into the silver bath. As I raise the plate, I see if any floaties are on the surface, and if one sticks, I just quickly re-immerse the plate to wash it off and raise it again. Monitoring how many floaties there are visually, I know when I need to filter it.
For a filter, I use a 500-line screen glued into a plastic funnel with epoxy around the edge. Most people use cotton balls, but they absorb a lot of silver nitrate every time, and sometimes leave little cotton fibers in the bath. Lab filter papers run very slowly so you have to pour and pour a little at a time, and again absorb silver nitrate so you lose some each time, though not as much as with the cotton balls. Coffee filters put a lot of little paper fibers in the bath. The silver bath flows quickly through the 500-mesh screen, you lose nothing to absorption, and it filters the floaties quite effectively.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1-diameter-...4AAOSw0e9UtFHK
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Also, I keep my silver in the tank, though I wouldn't on a tank larger than 11x14 or so if it had glued seams. Too much constant pressure from the larger amount of liquid over time. But you'll want a sealed cap that prevents evaporation.
If you build your own tanks, scab on extra acrylic strips over the seams to add strength and prevent leaks. My main whole-plate silver tank has had the bath in it for ten years straight, no problems:
"I love my Verito lens, but I always have to sharpen everything in Photoshop..."
Like that screen tip Mark
Thanks
Tin Can
Gold again, Mark! Thank you
EDIT: I ordered this one: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I assume it's ok, but thought to ask anyway: if I don't have glass handy, but I do have acrylic, can I use that instead to excite the silver bath?
Any drawbacks?
Thanks
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