Re: Coating Rod Basics

Ah brilliant Loris. I have a friend of a friend who owns an neon sign
business!

----- Original Message -----
From: "Loris Medici" <loris_medici@mynet.com>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 10:11 AM
Subject: RE: Coating Rod Basics

>
> Go to neon sign makers... I guess you will be able to have them make
> tubes of adequate length and width. You can have them bend the ends in
> order to facilitate handling (or you can just glue some sort of holding
> tab to the tube using silicone).
>
> See the diagram with a tube with bent ends (handlers):
>
> \_______________/
>
> Regards,
> Loris.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Michael Koch-Schulte [mailto:mkochsch@shaw.ca]
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 5:55 PM
> > To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> > Subject: Coating Rod Basics
> >
> >
> > I'm looking for some direction on building or buying coating
> > rods for 8X10 work (pt/pd, cyano, VDB). Is there an
> > off-the-shelf solution available that I can get from a
> > hardware store? I was thinking of adapting an acrylic towel
> > bar or similar, or am I wasting my time is glass the better
> > way to go? What kind on local industries would carry glass
> > rod? I don't have a lab supply company in my city.
>
Received on Tue Nov 23 10:45:50 2004