film developing

[instigator7022]

What sorts of chemicals and what not do you need to develop film?

[cosmo105]

um, it's not something to just go into if you don't know what you're doing. i highly recommend taking an intro photo class, or at least buying some books on the subject. you need a film chamber, and a reel, and a completely dark room in which to load the negs onto said reel. you'll need:

water
developer
stop
fix
and then a cleaner, i can't remember the name of the one we used...i want to say hydraclear, but that's probably not it.

and you need a stopclock with a second hand and a buzzer, and a large tank in which to do it all...seriously, if you don't have any idea what you're doing, DON'T do it. because it's kind of dangerous. you can't pour stop or fix down a regular sink. if they went into the water supply, you'd be a little fucked.

[instigator7022]

yeah well im not really just going to jump into it im taking photography except now it's entirely digital and she has all these photo developing chemicals just lying around the room and she's so careless that i just decided that im gonig to steal them so i dont have to buy them then i was going to buy a book or soemthing on how to do it but thanks for the info

i just needed to know what chemicals i needed

maybe i am just jumping into it...

[cosmo105]

seriously! don't do it if you don't have the proper training!!

the chemicals used in film and print processing are toxic. long-term direct contact exposure can lead to all kinds of horrible shit. so many of my profs know people that refused to use gloves or tongs in the developing trays...and died young because of it.

[instigator7022]

okay ill go get some training but im still taking that shit

[Waus]

Don't even bother taking that stuff. Whatever classes/training you get that will make you knowledgable will probably have their own lab for you to work in. Once you know what's up you can probably just use that dark room anyways instead of trying to setup your own.

[cosmo105]

word. if you're not going to be doing it all the time, then it's really not worth it. it's much, much easier to just send it to a lab or give it to a photo student. setting up your own darkoom and developing lab is a big investment.

[Drederick Tatum]

you should try to inhale the fumes as much as possible.

[jabumbo]

you can't pour stop or fix down a regular sink. if they went into the water supply, you'd be a little fucked.


there's a lot of things that shouldn't be poured down a drain that people don't bother with... (n)

[kaiser soze]

For processing

HC110
Stop Bath
Fixer
Hypo Clear
PhotoFlo

For developing

Dektol
Stop Bath
Fixer

[kaiser soze]

seriously! don't do it if you don't have the proper training!!

the chemicals used in film and print processing are toxic. long-term direct contact exposure can lead to all kinds of horrible shit. so many of my profs know people that refused to use gloves or tongs in the developing trays...and died young because of it.

for real?

I totally put my hands in the dektol and stop and fixer during developing (especially while making test strips)

the tongs can be a bitch to use

[monkey]

those chemicals also have terribly short shelf-lives. be careful in using expired chemicals which can release BAD fumes. and everything else established above.

[cosmo105]

for real?

I totally put my hands in the dektol and stop and fixer during developing (especially while making test strips)

the tongs can be a bitch to use
hypo clear! that's what it was. and photoflo.


seriously, dude. i knew lots of real ARTEESTS that couldn't be fucked to use the tongs...i admit, tongs can be a bitch, but at least wear fucking gloves, man. these things soak into your skin. one of my favorite profs would always warn us with the story of one of her mentors never using tongs or gloves and dying of some terrible cancer, his hands pretty much crippled and shit. i would never, ever touch the chemicals directly. just not safe.