Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/07/06

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Subject: [Leica] Film processing in almost clean water?
From: lew1716 at gmail.com (Lew Schwartz)
Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2014 11:37:23 -0400
References: <EBF7CA0A-27D5-44F4-8754-5290ACC97CCB@mac.com> <CFDE58F8.45C4B%chris@chriscrawfordphoto.com> <53B9351B.2010609@gmx.de>
 
Of course, tannins are a ->necessary<- ingredient in staining developers.


-Lew Schwartz


On Sun, Jul 6, 2014 at 7:38 AM, Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp at gmx.de> 
wrote:

> Sounds like discolouration through tannins (a peat layer in the well?) -
> probably better for tanning leather than developing films:-)
>
> I would be wary of drinking the stuff.
>
> Douglas
>
>
> On 06.07.2014 07:40, Chris Crawford 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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