I know this claim of separate trays for silver and pt/pd (a kosher
darkroom?) comes from some biblical source, but I'm here to be the heretic.
I have printed pt/pd in the same plastic trays as silver for over 10 years
without a problem. The trays don't see any color chemistry or any strong
bleaches, just standard silver stuff (develop, stop, fix, hypo clear,
etc.). Now, I must add that I am VERY fastidious when it comes to cleaning
trays and tongs and one needs to be, but the problems people discuss
re:cross processing contamination are far more theoretical than practical
if one is very orderly and cleans well. I don't know if the comments above
suggest separate sinks because of contamination or conveneience: for the
former, its unnecessary, for the latter it would be nice.
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