Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Guys- Painting a darkroom dark is not necessary! As long as the light is at the recommended 4 feet from the enlarger, all the light reflected from the walls is going to be 'safe' as the walls can reflect only the light from the safelight- reflected and incident safelight are both 'safe'- also, a light color paint makes the room seem larger. The only place I would make dark would be the wall behind the enlarger to discourage stray light from the lamphouse- I say this because I had an old Testrite enlarger years ago that leaked light like a sieve! Unless you like small dark places, I'd opt for a light banana, or mintgreen, or even a misty blue! Dan dwpost@msn.com