i hear you can use coffegrinds as a cheap way to develop black and white photos. does this really work and how do it do it?
2007-02-16 07:07:07 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
Yes, you can! See here: http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/text-coffee.html
2007-02-16 12:21:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Ive been out of the darkroom loop for years (do they still have silver in film and paper?) so i dont know.
I seriously doubt it will work though.
I think most stuff is done by dyes and coffee might not be the right dye that will interact with film/paper.
I would think coffee more than coffee grinds but i dont know.
2007-02-16 07:15:52 · answer #2 · answered by Triskelion 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Coffee by itself just won't work. Plain and simple...
(some folks used to use coffee to stain the old rag base b&w prints to a brownish tone, but what a mess! It has nothing to do with the developing process.)
2007-02-16 08:08:52 · answer #3 · answered by john_e_29212 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a prior poster (j3m2g1) reported, putting coffee in the refrigerator will inhibit the organic oils of the beans. it relatively is maximum suitable to maintain them in an air-tight container in a cool, dry, dark place... far off from mild and warmth. considering that coffee is porous, this is not a solid theory to keep the beans in the refrigerator simply by fact the beans can take up different flavors from the refrigerator. you will possibly desire to by no potential keep coffee in the refrigerator. Freeze coffee basically as quickly as.
2016-10-02 06:18:44 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never heard of it and I do not think it would work.
2007-02-16 07:12:55 · answer #5 · answered by tlctreecare 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋