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Subject: [Leica] Film processing in almost clean water?
From: richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)
Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2014 02:21:01 -0700
References: <EBF7CA0A-27D5-44F4-8754-5290ACC97CCB@mac.com> <CFDE58F8.45C4B%chris@chriscrawfordphoto.com> <CAF8hL-ET-3NjQ9hbxvNybSrx128P16Uem4HDpcKpmdNQGcWGrQ@mail.gmail.com>

SORRY, so you are already filtering it? I would request a water quality
report from your town/city and confirm with other authorities that it is OK
to drink...


On Sun, Jul 6, 2014 at 2:19 AM, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com>
wrote:

> That sounds nasty. If I were you, I would at the minimum install a good
> consumer grade filtering system. No way would I drink colored water, or
> develop film with it :-)
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 5, 2014 at 10:40 PM, Chris Crawford <
> chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote:
>
>> I'd be reluctant to use or even drink such water. My grandpa had well
>> water, lots of minerals, and even unsoftened it was clean and clear. If it
>> is yellow, it may have contamination from industrial pollution. There have
>> been some instances recently of oil and gas drilling contaminating ground
>> water, making it yellow and unsafe to drink.
>>
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>> On 7/6/14 1:33 AM, "Richard Endress" <rendress at mac.com> wrote:
>>
>> >Hello the group,
>> >
>> >I am in new digs and about to start B&W film processing again.  The
>> >problem is the water here has some color to it, faint yellow.  It is
>> >potable well water, softened and filtered twice before it gets to the
>> >tap. But still has some color.  I am told it is from leaves and bark
>> >buried deep in the water table.  I will mix my chemicals with distilled
>> >water of course but when I wash after hypo-clearing will I get speckles
>> >from the water?  Anybody have any experience with this situation?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >Richard Endress
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