Melvin
Flim Forever!
Just stupidly reached into a bottle of stop bath concentrate(acetic acid)and now have a burn on my finger. It's salad dressing right? Wrong! I just learned the hard way what the most dangerous chemical in my darkroom is.
MartinP
Veteran
Probably not a good idea to use it with olive-oil on your lettuce either !!
Al Kaplan
Veteran
Use vinigar for stop bath. It's the only darkroom chemical that you can pay for with food stamps.wgerrard
Veteran
Apple, red wine, burgundy or champagne vinegar?
(I sometimes pretend to cook.)
(I sometimes pretend to cook.)
Melvin
Flim Forever!
Good info, good to know. I put the finger in baking soda paste to neutralize the acid, and since it was 'indicator' bath I now have a purple finger.
Al Kaplan
Veteran
Stay with vinegar. Cheap enough, and since it's considered a food item there shouldn't be any sales tax on it.
ItsReallyDarren
That's really me
I switched to water as my stop bath. No burns yet. I can even shower with that stuff.
Ok ok I still use acetic acid stop for prints.
Ok ok I still use acetic acid stop for prints.
Melvin
Flim Forever!
I live in Chicago, Al, and they tax everything here. In fact I'll probably get a ticket for having a purple finger. At least it's the middle one.
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Al Kaplan
Veteran
Well, here in Miami they do tax dog and cat food. It just might be cheaper to cook for your pets.
Melvin
Flim Forever!
No way am I cooking for that cat.
sepiareverb
genius and moron
I once poured straight stock solution Kodak Indicator Stop into a steel film developing tank. Thought to myself 'man that smells way to strong', then double checked the bottle. I poured out the developing tank to find the film (APX25 120) had turned into a gelatinous goo. The plastic lid was unaffected.
I always keep an empty Kodak Indicator Stop bottle in the darkroom now- I'd dropped the pint plastic bottle and transferred that stock solution into a glass bottle like I store my working solutions in. Won't make that mistake again.
It says 'Moron' under my name for a reason.
I always keep an empty Kodak Indicator Stop bottle in the darkroom now- I'd dropped the pint plastic bottle and transferred that stock solution into a glass bottle like I store my working solutions in. Won't make that mistake again.
It says 'Moron' under my name for a reason.
sevo
Fokutorendaburando
That is not due to the acidic action, but to the acetate base being soluble in concentrated acetic acid.
Sevo
sepiareverb
genius and moron
It says 'Moron' under my name for a reason.
rxmd
May contain traces of nut
For film I use water with a tablespoon of citric acid. Costs under 1 EUR for half a kilo of powder, which will last for ages, is non-toxic, and is useful for cleaning mineral buildups around the house.