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Makeshift Rodinal: Drano?

T'is.

And I'll be buying the chemicals from a supplier, not using Drano. I'll use the Drano to unclog the sink in the bathroom.
 
Agreed... as you get older you have more money and less time. Any activities that takes away from taking pictures are discarded!

df cardwell said:
If anybody here would rather just BUY Rodinal, try 'Advantage Imaging', a professional stockhouse in Washigton.

1-866-303-0990

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I found a Sodium Hydroxide powder in LOWES as professional drain cleaner
It is a yellow bottel
 
df cardwell said:
If anybody here would rather just BUY Rodinal, try 'Advantage Imaging', a professional stockhouse in Washigton.

1-866-303-0990

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Thanks for the tip. Unfortunately, they are out of Rodinal. Nice people though.
 
Gerald Koch said:
You would have to heat the sodium carbonate to somewhere above its melting point 850 C. I don't think that anyone would want to do this.
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I've used both molten sodium peroxide and potassium carbonate in the analysis of concrete and other minerals. When it cools, it solidifies into a hard and hard to dissolve layer in the bottom of the crucible.

I too, would not recommend trying this.

Also, you better use a zirconium crucible, as the sodium peroxide will react and dissolve most other common metals and ceramics.

Kirk - www.keyesphoto.com
 

That sounds like a superior method. I'll have to try it one day. Thanks Pat!
 
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