safelight was Re: duplication film inquiry

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From: Judy Seigel (jseigel@panix.com)
Date: 01/11/01-12:10:03 AM Z


On Wed, 10 Jan 2001, Tillman Crane wrote:

> I don't know. All i can say is that when i used it with a red safe light i
> got a lot of fogging. perhaps it was the intensity of the light rather than
> the color. toned way down below what i used to use witht he agfa film i had
> no problems. maybe some weirdnessin my darkroom.

Tillman, it's *possible* the trouble is with the safelight. I have a
couple that were made by apparently dipping bulb in red lacquer. The
lacquer chips/scratches VERY readily, as you can see if you look at it
closely and see specks of white light peeking through here and there.

I've cured this by jumping up and down and flinging curses, then sticking
on bits of opaque tape, and/or red nail polish, and/or wrapping the whole
blinking thing in a cone of rubylith.

Judy

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