> Hi,
>
> I'm after some tips on light proofing a bathroom to use as a darkroom. I
> need to lightproof one window and there door way.
Hi Paul,
I've converted my laundry which has two doors, a window and an
exhaust fan.
For the doors I bought 50mm wide rubber strip from Clark Rubber and tacked
it around the door so that it overlapped the door frame. I also use a
draught excluder (door snake) at the bottom.
For the window I got a small sheet of caneite, a sort of very soft
fibreboard. This is cut to the size of the frame with a couple of handles
bolted on to make it easier to get in and out. On the window frame I nailed
strips of 10mm quad to act as a light baffle and to stop the caneite from
being pushed in too far. Even then, I still resort to duct tape as a final
light excluder for when I am developing film.
For the exhaust fan I simply use a sheet of black cardboard, curved so that
there is an intake/outlet at each end.
After I had done this I did a "light test" on a bright suuny day, which
showed up a few leaks along the walls/ceiling and around the outside of the
doorframe (I think my house was built by apprentices). These were fixed with
judicious use of opaque filler.
This may be a little too permanent for your taste, but it does function
prefectly well and there wasn't much chance of Home Beautiful visitng my
laundry anyway.
Paul Ewins
Melbourne, Australia
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