Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/06/23

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Subject: [Leica] Can anyone share hard water, high mineral content darkroom experience?
From: lew1716 at gmail.com (Lew Schwartz)
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 13:54:54 -0400
 
I've never worked in these conditions. We're drawing from our own well,
probably high calcium & iron in water. I mix my own developers, but have a
great source of distilled H20. (Run off from the dehumidifier.) My main
concern is with washing & the fixer. I got hold of some old style calgon.
How much would I mix in? I plan to wash negs in the ion filtered well water
with a final soak in the pure H2O plus wetting agent.

I haven't tried any of this yet, but soon ....

Comments? Ideas?

-Lew Schwartz
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