Re: Darkening a Darkroom
On Friday 20 October 2006 19:02, Bill King wrote: > After lurking on this list for a long time, I'm finally forging ahead to > make my own prints. So that I can get started, I am converting my laundry > room into a multipurpose laundry room/darkroom for alt-processes. For > those of you who aren't able to dedicate a room full-time to alt-processes, > what techniques have you used to make the room dark? Are there > particularly good materials for blocking light (possibly black garden > plastic)? Have you come up with clever ways of attaching these materials > so that they could be taken down (or at least be unobtrusive) when needed? > I have a small window (which can remain blacked out) and a door (which > needs to be functional for laundry too) to worry about. Cardboard for the window. Cut it a little big and push it in. Drapes for the door. Maybe throw something like a towel at the bottom of the door. Doesn't need to be fancy. Nick
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