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Photo Forum / Film Photography / Darkroom / August 2004Prints sticking to the bottom of the trays
OK so I'm too cheap to buy "real" developing trays. I went down to the local hardware store and bought "dish trays" to develop my 8X10 stock. They're perfect in almost everyway (cheap, size and easy to hold on to) except one, the prints tend to want to sit on the bottom. Is there something I can put in the tray to keep them floating around the tray? Marbles? Alan said: >They're perfect in almost everyway (cheap, size and easy to hold on to) except one, the prints tend to want to sit on the bottom. Is there something I can put in the tray to keep them floating around the tray? Marbles?<< Alan, talk about a straight man set-up. Do you want people on this board saying you've lost your marbles ? Seriously, that should work, although depending on your agitation and print handling technique, you need to watch out for any abrasion marks when the emulsion is down if you get pressure rolling the marble against it. Bernie > OK so I'm too cheap to buy "real" developing trays. I went down to the local > hardware store and bought "dish trays" to develop my 8X10 stock. They're > perfect in almost everyway (cheap, size and easy to hold on to) except one, > the prints tend to want to sit on the bottom. Is there something I can put > in the tray to keep them floating around the tray? Marbles? The marbles should work, perhaps a square of fiberglas window screen as used for print drying layed on the bottom of the tray. Most photo trays have grooves or bumps in them to prevent this but the Cesco trays used by Platinum printers are flat. They are preferred for Platinum because they minimize the amount of solution necessary.  Signature--- Richard Knoppow Los Angeles, CA, USA dickburk@ix.netcom.com > > OK so I'm too cheap to buy "real" developing trays. I went > down to the local [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > printers are flat. They are preferred for Platinum because > they minimize the amount of solution necessary. You know what I'm going to try?! Some 1" hard rubber "super" balls or smaller cut in half or sectioned and glued strategically to the bottom on the pans. Maybe one in the centre and four in the corners a la the dimple idea. Silicone should hold them. > Silicone should hold them. how about a couple of beads of silicon down the length of the tray Nige. On 8/25/2004 3:54 AM Nige spake thus: >> Silicone should hold them. > > how about a couple of beads of silicon down the length of the tray Like sand? I'm guessing you mean "silicone". SignatureEverybody's worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there's a really easy way: stop participating in it. - Noam Chomsky >OK so I'm too cheap to buy "real" developing trays. I went down to the local >hardware store and bought "dish trays" to develop my 8X10 stock. They're >perfect in almost everyway (cheap, size and easy to hold on to) except one, >the prints tend to want to sit on the bottom. Is there something I can put >in the tray to keep them floating around the tray? Marbles? aug2404 from Lloyd Erlick, Marbles are a good ol' time solution. But they mean you need enough solution to cover them... A alternative is to cut a long strip of plastic, perhaps from an empty bag of photo paper. Run the strip through the tray, with plenty of it sticking out at each end, hanginmg out of the tray. If you want to move the print, well just pull the plastic strip a bit upwards. It should be slightly wide, maybe two or three inches, so as not to have any tendency to cut into the wet print. This is also much cheaper than marbles. The huge savings will surely pay for more packs of paper to provide more plastic strips... regards, --le Signature________________________________ Lloyd Erlick Portraits, Toronto. voice: 416-686-0326 email: portrait@heylloyd.com net: www.heylloyd.com ________________________________ > OK so I'm too cheap to buy "real" developing trays. I went down to the local > hardware store and bought "dish trays" to develop my 8X10 stock. They're > perfect in almost everyway (cheap, size and easy to hold on to) except one, > the prints tend to want to sit on the bottom. Is there something I can put > in the tray to keep them floating around the tray? Marbles? I'd try this type of cabinet door bumpers http://www.leevalley.com/hardware/page.asp?SID=&ccurrency=1&page=40536&category= 3,43738 I hear "Pam" works. Just spray it on. No just kidding ;) >OK so I'm too cheap to buy "real" developing trays. I went down to the local >hardware store and bought "dish trays" to develop my 8X10 stock. They're >perfect in almost everyway (cheap, size and easy to hold on to) except one, >the prints tend to want to sit on the bottom. Is there something I can put >in the tray to keep them floating around the tray? Marbles? Cheers, -sd http://www.zoom.sh drop a few of the plastic cocktail stirrers in the bottom. PSsquare > OK so I'm too cheap to buy "real" developing trays. I went down to the local > hardware store and bought "dish trays" to develop my 8X10 stock. They're > perfect in almost everyway (cheap, size and easy to hold on to) except one, > the prints tend to want to sit on the bottom. Is there something I can put > in the tray to keep them floating around the tray? Marbles? > OK so I'm too cheap to buy "real" developing trays. I went down to the local > hardware store and bought "dish trays" to develop my 8X10 stock. They're > perfect in almost everyway (cheap, size and easy to hold on to) except one, > the prints tend to want to sit on the bottom. Is there something I can put > in the tray to keep them floating around the tray? Marbles? REAL photo trays are cheap enough for all but the most impecunious. Get some and quit whining! > OK so I'm too cheap to buy "real" developing trays. If you REALY want to process on the CHEAP use just one tray. Very, very economical of space also. If interested search this NG for, one tray . I use chemistry one- shot with one tray but chemistry can be used multiple times with one tray. Dan |
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