Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]i would have thought something inert like nitrogen would be protective rather than something hightly flammable. but my mom was the one with the PhD in chem, and i was a C student. :-) how do you know when you've put enough in? just the 5 second rule? thx - -rei > From: Christer Almqvist <chris@almqvist.net> > It comes out of a spray can and there is a little tube to make it > easier to blow it into bottles. It is a heavier-than-air gas, some > people say it is butane or something like that, but I do not know. It > is highly flammable and there is a warning on the can to that effect. > A five second burst will be enough if there is 250 cc air in the > bottle you want to protect. I always use Protectan for my Xtol and > Neutol and have done so for the last five years. The can still seems > pretty full (I use 100-200 films per year, to give you an idea of how > much I use). - -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html