Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bill Larsen wrote: >Prior to Ted's posting, I did not realize that I was a mental midget for >most of my professional life. (I thought it was part of my aging >process). >>>>> Geeeeeze Bill I didn't mean you buddy! :) However with your experience you know the kind of folks I'm talking about! <<>3. Finally, never ask a bureaucrat a question for which you do not already have the answer.<<<<<< Yep and this where you find the ones I referred to. :) >2. As other people have pointed out, dilution is the >secret. >>>>>>> When I lived in Ottawa and we really were cranking through the B&W paper and chemicals, we always dumped the trays into big plastic tubs, mixed them well and filled with water to the top. After that, we poured off about a quarter of the liquid into another tub and filled that amount with water and repeated one more time, cutting it each time before we put it down the drain with full running water at the same time. And then we flushed the drains for about twenty minutes with plain clear running water. It took time to get this out of the road, but I felt it was the only way to make sure it was broken down as best as we could. And at the time there wasn't the concerns we have today. I just figured it was better to be safe than sorry. It's OK Bill, you can sleep tight to-night you're not a mental midget! :) ted