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Subject: [Leica] Can anyone share hard water, high mineral content darkroom experience?
From: philippe.amard at sfr.fr (philippe.amard)
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 20:26:12 +0200
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bottled water - rain water - special iron (maiden) water - adding  
(white) vinegar? - rinsing stuff from any photo company

I'd try a mix of all of these

Amities
Ph


Le 23 juin 15 ? 19:54, Lew Schwartz a ?crit :

> I've never worked in these conditions. We're drawing from our own  
> well,
> probably high calcium & iron in water. I mix my own developers, but  
> have a
> great source of distilled H20. (Run off from the dehumidifier.) My  
> main
> concern is with washing & the fixer. I got hold of some old style  
> calgon.
> How much would I mix in? I plan to wash negs in the ion filtered  
> well water
> with a final soak in the pure H2O plus wetting agent.
>
> I haven't tried any of this yet, but soon ....
>
> Comments? Ideas?
>
> -Lew Schwartz
>
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