Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes indeed, I do know this, but after washing our film in tap water, I (we) always "final rinsed" in distilled water. Then squeegeed with a VW wiper blade or Kodak Photo Chamois, exquisitely clean, of course. I would like to see a reference to this possible problem. Since I have not encountered it, I'm reluctant to buy it. And if it is indeed a problem phenomena, I would like to know about it. Thanks Ken, for bringing it up originally, but I need more info. And thanks Robert, I forgot about acid rain. I guess we could wash our "photoflo'ed" plastic reels in it. :) Jim At 03:05 PM 2/18/99 -0400, you wrote: >Jim: > >Once the distilled water has chemicals mixed in it, it is no longer pure >and doesn't cause any problems. The same may be true when phot-flo is >added to the water. All I was trying to explain is why distlled water may >be a problem, and left it open for anybody more knowledgeable to inform us >of the truth. > >Rain water is not distilled water. Distilled water is pure h20 made by >condensing steam. Rain is condensation, but it goes through a lot of >atmoshphere and picks up organic compounds on the way through. In Nova >Scotia we have had some problems with lakes being ruined by the acid rain. >This rain is formed when it falls though the polution in the atmoshpere >that comes up from the Eastern United States. > >Regards, > >Robert