vertical tray for space constrain
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2017 10:02 am
Alright, this might sound weird, but please bear with me, & then give me your thoughts
My darkroom is build inside my small washroom. the biggest set of trays I can accommodate without tripping over myself or the tray is 12x16, 4 of them. But occasionally I envision myself doing bigger prints than that. Something like 20x25.
So i've been thinking about a setup like this
- 1 "plate", slightly bigger than 20x25, placed inclined but near to vertical
- this plate shall rest on a "collection trough", probably made out of half a 4-5inch PVC pipe, with 1 capped end and 1 end emptying into a hose
- a set of pump to pump solution up using a flexible hose, probably half inch in diameter
WIth such setup, I imagine placing the paper on to the plate, hose it with water briefly so it sticks to the plate, then use the pump to run developer onto the print. The developer with return to the developer container via the draining hose & cycle back up on the print. Stopbath & Fixer shall be appled successively in a similar manner. I imagine using Chris Patton's E72 as I find that it resists oxidation pretty well, so such circulation would have little impact.
Does it sound plausible? or will I run into some foreseeable problem?
My darkroom is build inside my small washroom. the biggest set of trays I can accommodate without tripping over myself or the tray is 12x16, 4 of them. But occasionally I envision myself doing bigger prints than that. Something like 20x25.
So i've been thinking about a setup like this
- 1 "plate", slightly bigger than 20x25, placed inclined but near to vertical
- this plate shall rest on a "collection trough", probably made out of half a 4-5inch PVC pipe, with 1 capped end and 1 end emptying into a hose
- a set of pump to pump solution up using a flexible hose, probably half inch in diameter
WIth such setup, I imagine placing the paper on to the plate, hose it with water briefly so it sticks to the plate, then use the pump to run developer onto the print. The developer with return to the developer container via the draining hose & cycle back up on the print. Stopbath & Fixer shall be appled successively in a similar manner. I imagine using Chris Patton's E72 as I find that it resists oxidation pretty well, so such circulation would have little impact.
Does it sound plausible? or will I run into some foreseeable problem?