Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/30

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Subject: [Leica] Re: XTOL
From: rolfe at ldp.com (Rolfe Tessem)
Date: Fri Apr 30 04:44:14 2004
References: <BCB730FA.B245%mark@rabinergroup.com> <40920353.8040108@comcast.net>

On Apr 30, 2004, at 3:42 AM, Jesse Hellman wrote:

> Mark,
>
> These are the bottles I had found: Cole-Porter Nalgene bottles.  
> Expensive! Rather elegant looking. And yes, at the price one might  
> think they would contain a good French vintage.
>
> http://www.coleparmer.com/catalog/product_view.asp? 
> pfx=U&sku=0602650&cat=1&sel=0602650
>
> I use Ilford Multigrade developer, which comes in small plastic  
> containers. Could I use those instead? Ilford thinks they protect  
> their developer, so would they not be sufficiently impermeable to air?
>
> Could we use empty wine bottles? "Xtol: the Chateau Latour of  
> developers"
>
> Jesse

This company makes excellent glass bottles at a reasonable price. Since  
I switched to these, I haven't had an XTOL failure.

http://www.specialtybottle.com/index.asp?PageAction=Custom&ID=2

Rolfe

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Rolfe Tessem
Lucky Duck Productions, Inc.
rolfe@ldp.com


In reply to: Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] Re: XTOL)
Message from hellman at comcast.net (Jesse Hellman) ([Leica] Re: XTOL)