Diafine problem.

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Stephanie Brim

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My Diafine says that it's enough to make a gallon of each solution on the front, but when I turn it over it says that I should mix the powdered solution A and B each with a quart of water. I have 176 grams of solution A and 320 grams of solution B. So which kit do I actually have?
 
I would guess (as I don't have the box here) that they want you to mix the chems in a smaller amount of water and then dilute to working solution level. I just poured in nearly a gallon of water, mixed it up, topped up the jugs and then let them sit overnight before using it.

Hope this helps.

William
 
Well, kinda. But it says "...to make one quart of Diafine Solution A." This is what is tripping me up. Does this mean one quart of full strength working solution or a concentrate?
 
Urhm. I really can't say without being there to see the size of the cans. Sorry. I'd send an email to whomever you purchased it from to try and get an answer.

William
 
Little tin cans right, each about the size of a single serving of yogurt? That would be 1 gal of each. There's is a "1 quart" kit out there also, so there is a possibility of a mis-shipment, or they put the wrong instuctions in the box.
 
ON the box, actually. And yeah, they're about the size of yogurt.

That makes me feel better. I can just buy my distilled water tomorrow and forget about it. :)
 
Thank you gentles, I couldn't think of ways to describe the cans.

William
 
wlewisiii said:
Thank you gentles, I couldn't think of ways to describe the cans.

William
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Hi William - don you know what Gentles are, in the course fishing community? :D

I know that's not what you meant, but it made me laugh anyway. We fishermen are strange people.
 
Well, to confuse you further - I bought the quart package, which comes in a cardboard box that says: 'This package contains enough to make ONE QUART EACH Solution A & Solution B. Net Wt. A - 44 gms, Net Wt. B - 80 gms'. Inside are two tin cans, I guess the size of US yoghurt containers (European yoghurt comes in much taller cups...), diameter is slightly over 5 cm (or a bit more than 2 in.), A is 5.6 cm tall (again a bit more than 2 in.), B is 7.3 cm tall (a bit less than 3 in.)

Roman
 
Not only that: is it a full size Imperial quart (80 UK fl oz, approx 1.14 litres) or the short, American or wine quart (64 US fl oz, a fracrion under 1 litre)?

My wife (born and high school in upstate New York) still can't believe her teachers told her 'A pint's a pound the world around', as an Imperial gallon (used everywhere that still uses gallons except North America) is 8 pints and weighs 10 lb.

Roll on the metric system!

Incidentally, as I recall, Shakespeare used 'gentles' in the same way as William so he could hardly be in better company -- maggots notwithstanding.

Cheers,

Roger
 
Sorry, Greyhoundman. You are of course quite right about the short or US quart -- brain fade on my part -- but historically the short gallon was known as wine measure. A number of measures were not standardized when the colonies rebelled, and this was one of them. There's also the short ton, variously 2000 lb and 2200 lb, instead of the full Imperial ton, 2240 lb (20x 1 cwt @ 112 lb -- and don't ask me why that's a hundredweight...)

Intriguingly, too, some words diverged, such as 'haberdashery' which embraced both the US and English meanings until about 1760-1780.

But surely a 'fifth' (? of a 128-fl-oz gallon, = 25,6 fl oz) is a common term for a bottle of spririts?

Cheers,

Roger
 
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Diafine is mixed directly to "working solution" without an intermediate "concentrate". The gallon-size box says, "This package contains enough to make ONE GALLON EACH Solution A & Solution B Net Wt A - 176gms Net Wt B - 320gms

Under "PREPARATION" it says "Dissolve the contents of can "A" in water (75° to 85°F) to make one gallon of Diafine Solution A. Dissolve the contents of can "B" to make one gallon of Diafine Solution B." They go on to suggest using distilled water.

Since this is a US product, assume US fluid measures, not Imperial. The Empire seems to have dissolved too. :)

Oh, and Stephanie... I think there was an error in the printing of the box, as mine has a replacement text sticker along the top of the side with instructions. This error may be the cause of your discrepancy. If your box says ONE GALLON EACH in orange on the front, then mix to one US gallon each regardless of the volumes mentioned in the fine print on the back!
 
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Yeah, that's what I'd guess. I'm going out soon to get water to mix it up with. And that also reminds me...I need to get another bag of fixer, or make one. Any suggestions as to good ones to use? I have some regular Kodak fixer at the moment.
 
Roger, the "short" ton is 2000 lbs. A metric ton is 2204 lbs and the "long" or Imperial ton is 2240 lbs. My father owned a mill and I had to know my weights and measures. I once began writing a computer program to convert different weights and measurements but gave up when research indicated more systems around the world than I was prepared to tackle!

Walker


Roger Hicks said:
Sorry, Greyhoundman. You are of course quite right about the short or US quart -- brain fade on my part -- but historically the short gallon was known as wine measure. A number of measures were not standardized when the colonies rebelled, and this was one of them. There's also the short ton, variously 2000 lb and 2200 lb, instead of the full Imperial ton, 2240 lb (20x 1 cwt @ 112 lb -- and don't ask me why that's a hundredweight...)

Intriguingly, too, some words diverged, such as 'haberdashery' which embraced both the US and English meanings until about 1760-1780.

But surely a 'fifth' (? of a 128-fl-oz gallon, = 25,6 fl oz) is a common term for a bottle of spririts?

Cheers,

Roger
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I've been using the Clayton odorless fixer lately... very good stuff
Fixer is fixer, so almost any brand will do, I used to buy sprint because it was cheap

Stephanie Brim said:
Yeah, that's what I'd guess. I'm going out soon to get water to mix it up with. And that also reminds me...I need to get another bag of fixer, or make one. Any suggestions as to good ones to use? I have some regular Kodak fixer at the moment.
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Is there a really cheap and not to mention environment-friendly (for the earth *and* me) recipe for fixer? I really can't afford to buy another 8 dollar bag of Kodak Fixer, but I know the life of it is going to be up rather shortly.
 
Stephanie, may I suggest going to Freestyle's web site and looking at their prices? Paying $8 for Kodak fixer is awfully expensive. Chances are that you need more than just fixer so buying several items lowers the shipping costs per item. Shipping is quite reasonable and they ship FAST. I've used Freestyle for many years with 100% satisfaction. I have no financial interests in them whatsoever.

Link: http://www.freestylephoto.biz/

Walker
 
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