Development Tubes?

Beakman (beakman@netcom.com)
Tue, 29 Nov 1994 06:20:16 -0800 (PST)

Well, once again I emerge from an evening of printing Pt/Pd to find my
entire forehead beginning to break out with acne. I suspect that it may
be the fumes from the potassium oxalate developer, or possibly the scant
amount of sodium dichromate used as a contrast agent. In any case, if
it's doing that to my head, I have to wonder what it's doing to my nose,
lungs, etc.

..which brings me to my point. I was thinking that if I had a JOBO
style tube which I could use as a jug for my developers, all I would have
to do is open one up, insert the print, close it up, develop, open it up,
and remove the print. I think this would cut down on the evaporation
(and I wouldn't have to clean up any trays).

Does anyone know of any sources for cheap tubes as I have described?
Does anyone have any ideas for making their own? If I was to make one
from PVC or acrylic tube (it doesn't have to be light tight), what sort of
adhesives would stand up to the chemistry? A 5" diameter tube would be
large enough to hold a 16x20 sheet of paper.

- David Fokos