Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A hint on sealing - put Saran Wrap under the bottle cap - Saran Wrap (or one of the other plastic films) have very little oxygen migration and make an excellent barrier in this type of usage. Adam On 5/27/06, Arche, Harvey <Harvey.Arche@jp2hs.org> wrote: > Last weekend I had the Xtol failure Don warned me about when I got down to > processing that Friday night's stock car race film. So, heeding the list's > advice re: storage in one-shot sized brown glass bottles, I started > looking around Nashville for someone who stocks chem. storage materials. > You'd think in a city big enough to support an NFL team, the Grand Ol' > Opry, and several Hall's of Fame for musicians with adenoids, you'd be > able to find a dozen each of 8 and 16 oz. bottles, but no. > > Took the search online, and to make a long story short, this is the place > that has the best range of stock, combined with low cost of shpg. & hdlg; > no fee for breaking up a case-lot, and the bottles come with a cap. The > cap may be the down-side. Out of about 20 different possible choices > available at other suppliers, the ones that come with these bottles may > not provide the optimal seal, but you avoid the "small quanitity" charges > that come with having to buy caps separately. > > http://www.specialtybottle.com/index.asp?PageAction=Custom&ID=2 > > Now, to make that last unopened bottle of Rodinal truely immortal. > Cheers, > Arche > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >