Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks so much, Chris, but that is too much to ask even of a LUG-Brother. :-) I was able to find two gallons of distilled water in Metairie this afternoon, and I'm ordering up a "still" to make my own. There is a place on ebay that sells them for under $100 dollars. Thanks again, Chris. I truly appreciate your kind offer! Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA http://www.400tx.com -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Chris Saganich Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 12:36 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: RE: [Leica] was Rapid Fix now distilled water Jeffery, How about shipping some distilled water to NO? I have access to hundreds of liters. I just weighed a 20 liter jug and it is 50 lbs. USPS for 50 lbs, 5 day parcel post to NO, is about $30.00. I can scrounge up a proper jug and the water itself is free. Let me know, I'll make the arrangements. Chris S. At 05:19 PM 3/1/2006, you wrote: >I am definitely going to get that distiller. In the long run, it should >save me money. You are right about the charcoal filter...it removes >trace organic chemical, but I'm not worried about those...it is the >inorganic stuff from the Mississippi that makes things hard to >dissolve. > >Thanks much, Jonathan. > >Jeffery Smith >New Orleans, LA >http://www.400tx.com > > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org >[mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of >Jonathan Borden >Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 3:40 PM >To: Leica Users Group >Subject: Re: [Leica] Photographers Formulary Rapid Fix > > >Jeffery Smith wrote: > > > The scanned negatives are covered with tiny white spots, so it is > > definitely something on the film, not pinholes. Two of the three > > solutions I put on the > > film were not completely dissolved. The borax bath in divided D-76 > > doesn't > > stay completely dissolved, but borox is so soluble in water, it > > would have > > come off in the rinse. I don't know what the cloudiness in the > > fixer was, > > but I didn't use distilled water (there is virtually none in the > > city right > > now...I went to five stores and found a total of 2 gallons). I'm > > thinking it > > is the cloudy stuff in the fix. I'll try distilled and make up the > > solution > > a few hours before I use it. I wish I had a magnetic stirrer. > >Consider a water purifier -- I bought one at Sears: > >http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/product.do?pid=03234480000 , > >no need to use the charcoal filter packs. You might be surprised at >what gunk you will find in the pot after the water has been boiled off. > >Jonathan > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information Chris Saganich, Sr. Physicist Weill Medical College of Cornell University New York Presbyterian Hospital Ph. 212.746.6964 Fax. 212.746.4800 A0049 _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information