Anyone have a problem chemicals delivered in the summer heat?

[jpa]

I need to get some chemicals that I have to mail order. I'm wary of ordering them now due to the extremely hot weather that we've been having.

Does anyone have any experience with chemicals ( specifically developer ) being delivered in the heat? Did they turn out to be fine, or was there a noticeable degradation in quality?

Thanks,
Jan

 

[Ektagraphic]

I have been using all powdered chemicals from Kodak and have never ran into a problem. D-76 has always done it's job beautifully.

 

[jpa]

I was thinking more about liquid chemicals - specifically Rodinal. I would imagine that powdered ones should be OK.

 

[Ektagraphic]

ok. I can't really anwer on that..but I will say I have never heard of a problem and have never noticed any warnings on the liquid chemicals that I have worked with over time....

 

[Worker 11811]

Well, D-76 is mixed from powder with water 120º to 130º F. So it is clear that D-76 can withstand temperatures that high. When it is still powder, even higher still.
Liquid developers? Some color developers work at 100º F.

The bottom line here is that, while I don't know the maximum temperatures that all developers can withstand, I see no reason why almost any developer couldn't withstand an excursion to 100º+ temperatures for short periods of time.

 

[brucemuir]

I have an order of RA4 paper and some Plus X shipping cross country in this inferno.
I suspect these materials would be more susceptible to problems then chemicals.

 

[jpa]

Ok, that's all I needed to convince me. Thanks for the input people - now I can order that Rodinal without worry before I go through complete withdrawal!

 

[Sirius Glass]

Ok, that's all I needed to convince me. Thanks for the input people - now I can order that Rodinal without worry before I go through complete withdrawal!

Don't forget the XTOL which is powder and will not suffer the heat in shipping.

Steve

 

[Eric Rose]

Summer heat??!! Someones getting summer heat?? Geez send some my way!!

 

[Tom Kershaw]

Not much summer heat over here on Friday.

 

[Steve Smith]

I would think that most liquid concentrate developers were subject to much higher temperatures during production than they will receive during delivery on even the hottest of days.


Steve.

 

[eclarke]

You can't win trying to pick optimum weather for shipping, even if it's nice today, the stuff may have been shipped to the dealer on a hot or cold day. I think Rodinal can withstand anything...EC