I use the brown plastic accordion jars that you can buy in most photo
stores to store chemicals. These allow you to evacuate air from the
chemicals when the jar is partially full. I have a very large print
washing tank that ho.ds about 25 gallons of water, so I dump my chemical
jars in there to get them to temperature before developing film. For the
developer, I usually mix D-76 1:1, so I measure the full strength
developer temperature, then adjust the water mix temp to end up at 68�.
I've found that I need to maintain a temperature that doesn't speed up
or slow down the process in order to get uniform results. I don't like
to correct for temperature. I also find that I don't need distilled
water to mix with the developer, so I can use the taps to regulate
temperature. My water seems to be free of minerals. I sometimes use a
distilled water final rinse, but I've noticed that it doesn't really
affect the final results.
Paul
-
This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe,
go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to
visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
