Re: Kodak Infrared freshness

["Tim Rudman" <tim.rudman@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I can confirm George's comments. I have used both steel and plastic tanks
for I-R for 25 years  and find no difference - except that I had a Paterson
tank split on me once when 'rapping' it to dislodge air bubbles.
Tim Rudman

-----Original Message-----
From: George L Smyth <GLSmyth@xxxxxxx>
To: infrared@xxxxx <infrared@xxxxx>
Date: 20 October 1998 23:24
Subject: Re: Kodak Infrared freshness


>kim navarre wrote:
>>
>> I would not take chances with Kodak infrared. In fact, being that I
obsess
>> about the developing stage, I also load AND develop it in total darkness.
>> Mostly because I use the plastic tank and reels.
>
>Plastic tanks pose no problems.  The only tanks that might possibly present
a
>problem are the ones that would crack anyway when rapping them after the
first
>set of inversion.  I've had zero problems with my Patterson tank.
>
>george
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