Only thing is Frank , Theses tanks are not cheap or easy to find , I do the same as Ethan filled the tank through the drain hose using a funnel at the end of the hose / works well for me .
Christopher On Wed, Mar 9, 2022 at 4:17 PM Super8 Reversal Lab <[email protected]> wrote: > > > What I do is that I use multiple tanks next to each other. Every tank has 1 > chemistry. I start and lift the top of tank 1, place the spiral inside, close > the top and start agitating. When the time is up, I lift the top, take out > the spiral and so on and so on. I do not fill/empty each tank, but leave them > full. That works much quicker, there is less chemistry waist, you can wash > the film far better and some more benefits... > > Frank > Den Haag > > > Op 09-03-2022 11:00 heeft Frameworks namens Ugo Bo > <[email protected] namens [email protected]> geschreven: > > Hallo everybody > > I've been happily using a 50ft Lomo tank for years, mine is the "old" > model (UPB-1 - version 1). Now a friends of mine bought the "new" > model (UPB-1A or version 2) and I'm teaching him how to use it. > > As some of you probably now, the "new" one has a lower body than the > "old" one (70mm against 78mm, here's the difference explained: > > https://sites.google.com/site/olexserviceskinor/processing-of-a-cine-film-in-home-laboratory/spiral-processing-tanks/upb-1-upb-1a-spiral-tanks?authuser=0). > > In the past I processed only super8 also with a "new" model, and it > worked fine, but now, processing 16mm, I realized that a problem > arises: the "new" one leaves a very tiny room for liquid to pass, so > it takes a very long time to fill the tank, a problem that I never > experienced with my "old" one. Long filling time makes developement > uneven. > > When processing 2 x 16mm the problem is even worse: the gap is really > thin, liquid takes ages to enter, and is also impossible to move the > spiral up and down (my way of agitation). > > I thought of filling the tank first with liquid, and then dropping the > spiral in the dark in the liquid, but is quite an hassle. > > Did you have the same issue? And what's your trick? > > Best > Livio > > -- > Frameworks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org > > -- > Frameworks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org -- Frameworks mailing list [email protected] https://mail.film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org
