taco method elastic re-use?

[rob cruickshank]

Silly question- I'm trying out the taco method, and was wondering, for those who use the fabric covered hair elastics, if there's any chance of contaminating developer with re-used elastics. I'm guessing it's unlikely, but can't remember anyone mentioning this. I've already told my girlfriend that if she uses any of mine for their intended purpose, the chemicals could cause her hair to fall out, so giving her the used ones might be tricky, if people are using them as one-shots.

[Erik Larsen]

Hi Rob, I've just used rubber bands with no ill effects that I could discern from re use.
Erik

[darr]

Rob,

Go to Walgreens, Walmart, Eckerts, etc. and purchase a bunch of inexpensive hair bands. I have been using them in my hair since a young girl, and I buy them in a pack of about 20-30 at a time. I know you can find some cheap throw-a-ways that will work and not scare the hell out of your girlfriend!

[rob cruickshank]

Thanks- yes, getting cheap ones is no problem, but I'd rather reuse them if I can, rather than going to the dollar store all the time. I'm going to try plain rubber bands, also.

[Alan Davenport]

I would never consider reusing those hair bands. Once you introduce leftover stop or fixer into your developer, you've lost control.

[Nigel Smith]

I reuse std rubber bands.

[Jim Galli]

explain to me why if the wash cycle was good enough for your film, it wasn't good enough for a rubber band?

[D. Bryant]

Silly question- I'm trying out the taco method, and was wondering, for those who use the fabric covered hair elastics, if there's any chance of contaminating developer with re-used elastics. I'm guessing it's unlikely, but can't remember anyone mentioning this. I've already told my girlfriend that if she uses any of mine for their intended purpose, the chemicals could cause her hair to fall out, so giving her the used ones might be tricky, if people are using them as one-shots.

Sorry to demonstrate my ignorance but what is the taco method?

Don Bryant

[Erik Larsen]

Sorry to demonstrate my ignorance but what is the taco method?

Don Bryant

Don, it is a way to develop sheet film in a roll film tank or similiar. You basically fold your negative into a taco shape and secure it with rubberbands and them you can fit five or four 4x5's I think into a standard 2 reel daylight tank. It uses a lot of chemicals however but works fine if daylight developing is your thing.
regards
erik

[rob cruickshank]

Sorry to demonstrate my ignorance but what is the taco method?

Don Bryant

It's a clever method for developing sheet film in a roll-film tank:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/largefo...4x5+sheet+tank

@alan davenport- that's what I fear
@ Jim Galli: that's what I hope.
Right now, I'm just playing around, I'm not doing it with anything that can't be reshot.