The weekly storage container thread! Glass or plastic food containers are good. I would avoid some of the flimsier water bottles, though, and anything that uses a "plastic saving" cap. Soft drink bottles are good since they need to withstand contents under pressure. Fill the bottles to capacity, tighten the cap, and store in the dark. Never use bleach containers, and be conscious of cross-contamination if you plan to reuse bottles (e.g. don't store developer in a bottle that you previously used to store fixer).
The 20oz. Sobe bottles are my bottle of choice lately.
The weekly storage container thread!
I use jerrycans. Beer growlers are also fantastic.
I love a beer growler! Wait. What's a beer growler?
I just bought a bottle of wine that has a glass stopper with a silicon-like part that ensure a tight fit -- that's how the wine is bottled and shipped. Looks like a great way to (A) drink wine, then (B) store chems. Got to properly label the bottle once you get to B, of course.
Question about chemical storage at home. We use these guys in the darkroom. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/43195-REG/Doran_PRPRT5_Chemical_Storage_Tank_5.html but I'm not spending $75 for chemical storage at home. Any plastic/glass container ok to use? I'll certainly be re-using stop and fix as much as possible. This is for film developing only.
Thanks!
+1 The above quote should reveal sentiment about your question.
Please search the archives for your answer. That is what they are for. It will be a good exercise in how to use APUG effectively.
One keyword to search on is "permeability."
With all due respect to your preference for having people answer your question fully, expressing all the nuances and perhaps personal preferenceswell, you might just lose out on some important issues, which take a bit of time to describe. Like "permeability", for example. You might find significant differences between PET and HDPE plastics, not to mention the issue you did not ask about, of different closures, liners in them or not etc. Use the wrong one for longer storage of some film developers and your batch of best negatives gets ruined, while the fixer is still ok.
Gerald is well respected, on this forum, for his depth of knowledge of chemistry, and he, like others, have contributed, many times, to the treasure trove of APUG wisdom. I am in awe of the time and personal dedication he puts into answering complex issues. Except for some highly contentious discussions, you do not see people reposting such important detail every time a question gets asked, because they've already done it, usually just once, in the past. The repeats, on the other hand, are often more trivial and sometimes factually incorrect, as not the usually most careful folks tend to reply. Looking for that great thread on a question may take 5 minutes, but it rewards one with far more knowledge than you'd get from your own thread unless yours is the first, or one of the best threads.
Indeed, some of the better threads start not with a question, but with a list of references to other threads that have already answered a similar question, then pointing out what it was that had not been addressed fully, previously.
Good luck finding a bottle.
I have used the archives with very modest results. Maybe its incorrect use, maybe not set up right, I don't know. However, I can understand why sometimes a person may try this and give up, and just post the question.
While my post may appear to be a bit abrupt that was not my intent. My point was that the very fastest way to get an answer for a question that has been asked before is to use the archives first rather than post a question and then wait hours for people to reply.
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