I have repaired an aging chemical stirrer with epoxy and wonder if this presents any reactive risk with developer or fixer. I suspect not, but one never knows.
The stirrer is the stainless steel type with a coil at one end, and a flattish plastic paddle at the other, which is the part that cracked at the stem last week and became wobbly. (Not sure why; it's only about 25 years old.) I used some epoxy paste (Locktite brand, I think) to repair it, the type that (in the US) comes as a cylinder of white paste encased in a wrapping of dark blue; one cuts off a length and mashes/rolls the wad until blended, then applies like putty.
It won't sit in the chemistry long, just to mix it, between 120 degrees F for my metol and sodium sulfite developer, and about 70 for ammonium sulfate rapid fixer.
The stirrer is the stainless steel type with a coil at one end, and a flattish plastic paddle at the other, which is the part that cracked at the stem last week and became wobbly. (Not sure why; it's only about 25 years old.) I used some epoxy paste (Locktite brand, I think) to repair it, the type that (in the US) comes as a cylinder of white paste encased in a wrapping of dark blue; one cuts off a length and mashes/rolls the wad until blended, then applies like putty.
It won't sit in the chemistry long, just to mix it, between 120 degrees F for my metol and sodium sulfite developer, and about 70 for ammonium sulfate rapid fixer.
