Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/02

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Subject: [Leica] was Rapid Fix now distilled water
From: denik at comcast.net (Dennis Kushner)
Date: Thu Mar 2 10:40:00 2006
References: <12D9971F-DAC8-4274-A7DF-79DCE8DC218F@openhealth.org> <000201c63d7e$2fb56af0$656c0e44@newukolbqveo9i> <6.2.1.2.2.20060302132453.00c65368@pop.med.cornell.edu>

On Mar 2, 2006, at 1:36 PM, Chris Saganich wrote:

> 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
>>
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> Chris Saganich, Sr. Physicist
> Weill Medical College of Cornell University
> New York Presbyterian Hospital
>
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In reply to: Message from jonathan at openhealth.org (Jonathan Borden) ([Leica] Photographers Formulary Rapid Fix)
Message from jsmith342 at cox.net (Jeffery Smith) ([Leica] Photographers Formulary Rapid Fix)
Message from chs2018 at med.cornell.edu (Chris Saganich) ([Leica] was Rapid Fix now distilled water)