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Sodium Sulfite Solution questions (for Polaroid 55)
I'd like to start playing around with Type 55 P/N film. From reading I know
the negatives should be cleared (per Polaroid) in an 18% solution of Sodium Sulfite. What I don't know is the storage life of said solution, or how to tell when it's dead. Or is it immortal? Thanks all! Steve |
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Sodium Sulfite Solution questions (for Polaroid 55)
"Stephan Goldstein" wrote in message ... I'd like to start playing around with Type 55 P/N film. From reading I know the negatives should be cleared (per Polaroid) in an 18% solution of Sodium Sulfite. What I don't know is the storage life of said solution, or how to tell when it's dead. Or is it immortal? Thanks all! Steve Its tough to answer this because the life of the solution depends on the concentration of the solution and how much air its exposed to. 18% is a fairly strong solution, about what is found in stock Kodak Hypo Clearing Agent. Sodium sulfite will slowly change to Sodium sulfate by absorption of Oxygen from the air. In a closed container it will last for a couple of months, maybe longer. In a tray for several hours. Sodium sulfate will do no harm but I don't know if it functions as a clearing agent for Polaroid. -- --- Richard Knoppow Los Angeles, CA, USA |
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Sodium Sulfite Solution questions (for Polaroid 55)
Richard Knoppow wrote:
"Stephan Goldstein" wrote in message ... I'd like to start playing around with Type 55 P/N film. From reading I know the negatives should be cleared (per Polaroid) in an 18% solution of Sodium Sulfite. What I don't know is the storage life of said solution, or how to tell when it's dead. Or is it immortal? Thanks all! Steve Its tough to answer this because the life of the solution depends on the concentration of the solution and how much air its exposed to. 18% is a fairly strong solution, about what is found in stock Kodak Hypo Clearing Agent. Sodium sulfite will slowly change to Sodium sulfate by absorption of Oxygen from the air. In a closed container it will last for a couple of months, maybe longer. In a tray for several hours. Sodium sulfate will do no harm but I don't know if it functions as a clearing agent for Polaroid. Note that different emulsions of Polaroid call for different compositions of that clearing bath. You might look in Ansel Adams' book, "Polaroid Land Photography", Appendix C, for different formulae for different types. -- .~. Jean-David Beyer Registered Linux User 85642. /V\ PGP-Key: 9A2FC99A Registered Machine 241939. /( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey http://counter.li.org ^^-^^ 08:00:01 up 3 days, 9:11, 3 users, load average: 4.46, 4.29, 4.21 |
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Sodium Sulfite Solution questions (for Polaroid 55)
Stephan Goldstein wrote:
I'd like to start playing around with Type 55 P/N film. From reading I know the negatives should be cleared (per Polaroid) in an 18% solution of Sodium Sulfite. What I don't know is the storage life of said solution, or how to tell when it's dead. Or is it immortal? Thanks all! Steve You may want to try plain tap water. It has worked for me just fine on type 665 pos-neg film. Tap water here is about pH 8.5. The reason I went with plain tap water is that I had a hard time getting 180 grams of sodium sulfite to dissolve in a liter of water. I put the neg in a tray and ran water over it until all the gunk dissolved away. Then soaked the negative in regular clearing solution. Then Photo-flo and dry. |
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Sodium Sulfite Solution questions (for Polaroid 55)
Frank Earl wrote:
Stephan Goldstein wrote: I'd like to start playing around with Type 55 P/N film. From reading I know the negatives should be cleared (per Polaroid) in an 18% solution of Sodium Sulfite. What I don't know is the storage life of said solution, or how to tell when it's dead. Or is it immortal? Thanks all! Steve You may want to try plain tap water. It has worked for me just fine on type 665 pos-neg film. Tap water here is about pH 8.5. The reason I went with plain tap water is that I had a hard time getting 180 grams of sodium sulfite to dissolve in a liter of water. Wow! I wonder what is in your water. Sodium Sulfite is very soluble in water if it is not too cold. If it is at freezing point (but not frozen) you should be able to dissolve about 125.4 grams per litre. If it is 80 C, you should be able to dissolve 283 grams per litre. I put the neg in a tray and ran water over it until all the gunk dissolved away. Then soaked the negative in regular clearing solution. Then Photo-flo and dry. -- .~. Jean-David Beyer Registered Linux User 85642. /V\ PGP-Key: 9A2FC99A Registered Machine 241939. /( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey http://counter.li.org ^^-^^ 20:35:01 up 7 days, 21:47, 3 users, load average: 4.28, 4.28, 4.14 |
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Sodium Sulfite Solution questions (for Polaroid 55)
In article NFHUf.4116$Iw2.379@fed1read05,
Frank Earl wrote: You may want to try plain tap water. It has worked for me just fine on type 665 pos-neg film. Tap water here is about pH 8.5. The reason I went with plain tap water is that I had a hard time getting 180 grams of sodium sulfite to dissolve in a liter of water. You can just use Hypo Clearing Agent, or Perma-Wash -- they're sodium (or ammonium) sulfite. I can't remember the dilution for clearing Polaroid film, off the top of my head; I know I have it written down somewhere in an old darkroom notebook, but I also know that someone else here should be able to supply it a lot faster than I could find the book and look it up. :-) -- Thor Lancelot Simon "We cannot usually in social life pursue a single value or a single moral aim, untroubled by the need to compromise with others." - H.L.A. Hart |
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Sodium Sulfite Solution questions (for Polaroid 55)
Jean-David Beyer wrote:
Frank Earl wrote: Stephan Goldstein wrote: I'd like to start playing around with Type 55 P/N film. From reading I know the negatives should be cleared (per Polaroid) in an 18% solution of Sodium Sulfite. What I don't know is the storage life of said solution, or how to tell when it's dead. Or is it immortal? Thanks all! Steve You may want to try plain tap water. It has worked for me just fine on type 665 pos-neg film. Tap water here is about pH 8.5. The reason I went with plain tap water is that I had a hard time getting 180 grams of sodium sulfite to dissolve in a liter of water. Wow! I wonder what is in your water. Sodium Sulfite is very soluble in water if it is not too cold. If it is at freezing point (but not frozen) you should be able to dissolve about 125.4 grams per litre. If it is 80 C, you should be able to dissolve 283 grams per litre. Calcium carbonate and a lot of stuff I really don't want to know about :). I put the neg in a tray and ran water over it until all the gunk dissolved away. Then soaked the negative in regular clearing solution. Then Photo-flo and dry. |
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Sodium Sulfite Solution questions (for Polaroid 55)
http://www.polaroid.com/service/filmdatasheets/4_5/55fds.pdf#search='sodium%20sulfite%20clearing%20so lution%20type%2055'
-- darkroommike "Frank Earl" wrote in message news:S60Xf.4428$Iw2.736@fed1read05... Jean-David Beyer wrote: Frank Earl wrote: Stephan Goldstein wrote: I'd like to start playing around with Type 55 P/N film. From reading I know the negatives should be cleared (per Polaroid) in an 18% solution of Sodium Sulfite. What I don't know is the storage life of said solution, or how to tell when it's dead. Or is it immortal? Thanks all! Steve You may want to try plain tap water. It has worked for me just fine on type 665 pos-neg film. Tap water here is about pH 8.5. The reason I went with plain tap water is that I had a hard time getting 180 grams of sodium sulfite to dissolve in a liter of water. Wow! I wonder what is in your water. Sodium Sulfite is very soluble in water if it is not too cold. If it is at freezing point (but not frozen) you should be able to dissolve about 125.4 grams per litre. If it is 80 C, you should be able to dissolve 283 grams per litre. Calcium carbonate and a lot of stuff I really don't want to know about :). I put the neg in a tray and ran water over it until all the gunk dissolved away. Then soaked the negative in regular clearing solution. Then Photo-flo and dry. |
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