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Photo Forum / Film Photography / Darkroom / March 2004Dust in enlarger/darkroom-collection/prevention ??
Any hints on how to collect and/or prevent dust with the darkroom and the enlarger. I have heard hanging new black garbage bags - naturally negatively charged collects dust particles. Other tips/hints??? Keep the humidity somewhat high -- Use a damp rag to wipe down door lintels, jambs, nooks, crannies Whatever you do, don't use the vacuum in the darkroom -- it really stirs up dust. jack > Any hints on how to collect and/or prevent dust with the darkroom and the > enlarger. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Other tips/hints??? > Keep the humidity somewhat high -- > Use a damp rag to wipe down door lintels, jambs, nooks, crannies > Whatever you do, don't use the vacuum in the darkroom -- it really stirs up > dust. I find using a vacuum cleaner very effective in a darkroom. BUT I use it the day before I plan to use the darkroom for photographic purposes. I am told if you have a central vacuum system, that you can vacuum anytime because the air and find dust that passes through the filter go into the cellar (or wherever the collection system is) and not back into the darkroom. But I have no such system.  Signature.~. Jean-David Beyer Registered Linux User 85642. /V\ Registered Machine 73926. /( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey http://counter.li.org ^^-^^ 6:55am up 2 days, 17:54, 2 users, load average: 3.66, 3.86, 3.87 Jean-David Beyer <jdbeyer@exit109.com> wrote in news:404C6065.9090104 @exit109.com: > I find using a vacuum cleaner very effective in a darkroom. > BUT I use it the day before I plan to use the darkroom for photographic [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > into the cellar (or wherever the collection system is) and not back into > the darkroom. But I have no such system. That makes sense. Another option for those of us who don't have central vacuum is to get a shop vac and a couple extra hoses. Then you can set the canister outside the door. It makes sense to me to do the vacuum ahead of time, as you suggest. Bob Signatureremove the backwards "SPAM" to reply. And Qtips! Funny, I was just reading a book called "Is there life after housework". He suggests dusting (wiping down) a room like this every day. >I find using a vacuum cleaner very effective in a darkroom. >BUT I use it the day before I plan to use the darkroom for photographic >purposes. Use a passive electrostatic air filter on the air supply to the darkroom. Clean it often. Also make sure the darkroom doors are sealed with weather stripping - use both foam that compresses in the jam and the soft This blocks dust and light. For a vacumn, go to your local hardware store and get the parts for one outlet for a built in vacumn. Put this in the wall and use a shop vac or your house vacumn hooked up to it on the outside of the darkroom. If it is a wet/dry shop vac a pail of water in the vacumn will get rid of most dust. Most importantly, have a pair of clean comfortable shoes that you only wear into the darkroom. take the " _ " out of 10x@_telus.net to reply by email ... >I find using a vacuum cleaner very effective in a darkroom. >BUT I use it the day before I plan to use the darkroom for photographic [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >into the cellar (or wherever the collection system is) and not back into >the darkroom. ... mar804 from Lloyd Erlick, If one uses a regular canister type shop-vac, it's easy to attach a vacuum hose to the outlet connection and lead the exhaust out of the room. Might need an investment in the hose, but it saves blowing fine dust all over the place. regards, --le ________________________________ Lloyd Erlick Portraits, 2219 Gerrard Street East, unit #1, Toronto M4E 2C8 Canada. --- voice 416-686-0326 lloyd AT the-wire DOT com http://www.heylloyd.com ________________________________ >Dust in enlarger/darkroom-collection/prevention ?? The solution to the dust problem is the use of a blower to slightly pressurize the darkroom. Filter well the input to the blower. Bob AZ On 3/7/2004 1:50 AM photo spake thus: > Any hints on how to collect and/or prevent dust with the darkroom and the > enlarger. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Other tips/hints??? Give up. Succumb to the Gods of Dust. All resistance is futile. SignatureThe Bush administration should restrain itself from its imperial arrogance that has so alienated countries around the world. Their contempt for the United Nations in the dash to war with Iraq; their support of the coup in Venezuela in April 2002, and the continuing hostility toward President Chavez; the pressure on nations of the world to exempt the US from the International Criminal Court, now joined by their contemptuous attitude toward President Aristide must be halted. It is time for the people of the USA to make this point clear even if the administration continues to walk around with wax in its collective ears, with eyes closed, and ranting about its version of the world as defined by Bush. - Excerpt from TransAfrica statement on the situation in Haiti, 2/17/04 (http://www.transafricaforum.org/) > Any hints on how to collect and/or prevent dust with the darkroom and the > enlarger. I think the focus of dust control is the negative and, if used, the glass carrier. Don't stir up the dust. One post suggested using a shower. I've suggested the use of a scrubber. A very simple scrubber would be a contained shower. Add a small fan, mist removal material, and a recirculating pump for both humidity and dust control. Dan |
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