A little bit of wine...just a little.

PDE · Dec 15, 2016

Does anyone enjoy a bit of wine while enlarging? I did try try printing with wine, it did not work out at all. So I drink it now (usually red wine).

Doc W · Dec 15, 2016

I often have a glass of red while printing. Not so much lately but you have inspired me to get back to it. I bet you could tone with wine. A loooong bath in selenium goes very purple. What about for negs?

PDE · Jan 7, 2017

Doc W said:
I often have a glass of red while printing. Not so much lately but you have inspired me to get back to it. I bet you could tone with wine. A loooong bath in selenium goes very purple. What about for negs?

Very cold in Iowa, in the single digits. Not sure where you are at, but I try hard to keep chemical temps at a stable 68 degrees while printing. Wonder if anyone out there recommends a wine for printing and sipping.

darkroommike · Jan 7, 2017

It's very cold on the West Coast of Iowa tonight so I'm upstairs, the darkroom is 58 degrees, I could warm it up with my space heater just not feeling it tonight. Back to wine I bought a vintage 2016 Nouveau Beaujolais these are French wines intended to be consumed young.

Doc W · Jan 8, 2017

It is 18C here or just under 0F (I think). I have to use a heater in my darkroom beginning in late October and this time of year it is hard to get the darkroom much over 60F.

Mike, I think that your Beaujolais, which was nouveau last year, might be like year-old Dektol.

darkroommike · Jan 9, 2017

2016 November bottling it's only January 2017.

Doc W · Jan 9, 2017

darkroommike said:
2016 November bottling it's only January 2017.

Well, just like with the Dektol, give it a go! We await the results. Are there step tablets for wine?

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