Im setting up a darkroom but have no head for chemestry, at all. Or maths, please will some one explain chemical mixing in simple english and not in ratios and such. They just piss me off. Im using illford chemicals. Could someone explain what the rations mean. Please
2007-10-01 05:12:44 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
If you are serious about setting up a darkroom I suggest you quickly find a head for chemistry and math, you'll need both.
Besides, I'm not sure what's do difficult about measuring. If you need 10ml of developer per liter of water, you pour out 10ml of developer and mix it with 1 liter of water. If you need 60g of powder per liter of water, you weigh out 60g of power and pour it into a liter of water.
All the chemicals you'll be using come with detailed instructions on how to mix them. If you've got the scales and graduated cylinders, you don't need that much of a head for chemistry or math.
But if you can't figure out how to mix your chemicals properly, your best best is to stick with a lab.
2007-10-01 06:54:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are using a concentrated developer the ratio might be 20 parts water to 1 part developer. The instructions will explain how much water to use, probably in milliliters and how much developer in milliliters. Just measure the correct amount of each and mix. I always used distilled water for mixing chemicals.
2007-10-01 05:34:14 · answer #2 · answered by EDWIN 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Photo developing chemicasl all have directions on the canister or bottle!
Failing this I suggest you e-mail the manufacturer and ask for directions.
If the mixture needs to be 1:100
this means one part of chemical to 99 parts of water.
2007-10-01 09:06:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋