No glass in my darkroom, only PET, PP, and HDPE. I fear big glass bottles. They can be heavy when full, clumsy to handle, slippery when wet, and to drop one means a total spill with lots of broken glass.
Let's face it. Soda can be pretty nasty stuff. So yeah, some of those containers should be worthy. My wife and I once flew to Hawaii alongside a Coca Cola lady executive in our 3-seat row. My wife asked her if she got here Coke free. She replied, "I never drink it; all our ingredients are shipped HazMat". That includes carbonic acid, of course. They make Mountain Dew too, which is especially corrosive to teeth.
The ultimate poly bottles are polymethylpentene. Too expensive for general use. I do have a few measuring graduates made of it.
Just out of curiosity has anyone here ever used wine boxes for storage?
To be something of a devil's advocate, alkaline solutions attack glass to form sodium silicate. This uses up the alkalinity of a solution. What I don't know is whether this is a problem for the moderate alkalinity of most developer solutions.
Any thoughts? My guess is that the reaction rate is slow enough that it is not likely to be a problem under usual storage conditions and storage times, but I don't know.
Yes, several people have been experimenting with them. Most seem to like them. I personally don't; I find them cumbersome to fill and it's impossible to see the contents without taking some out. You also don't see if there's any fouling of the inside of the bag and they're not very easy to clean, so they may not last very well (or you have to take risks with carry-over contamination). I prefer reusable materials. Then again, as I said, other people actually like these. They're not very expensive, so give it a try.
I got a few of the appropriate boxes with them, which helps in storage and handling.
I do know people who re-use them - in fact I know someone who put together a jig that aids in removal and re-insertion of the spigots.
But their re-use is always with the same chemical - e.g. Dektol.
There are re-usable hard plastic outside boxes marketed to home winemakers that can be used as well, but they are quite expensive.
Let's face it. Soda can be pretty nasty stuff.
I like the feel of glass bottles, but I prefer the safety of plastic.
Siriusly? Sorry. Good PET bottles are great but more expensive than glass. Even cheap glass bottles are very good if you put a piece of "real Saran wrap under the caps.
Delta 1 are very thin recycled poly, certainly less than ideal; they seem semi-permeable to oxygen. You can either get higher quality thicker poly containers instead, or preferably glass ones.
Pop bottles are made of PET (Polyethylene terephtalate). Different polymer from HDPE (high-density polyethylene), and a better gas barrier.high-density polyethylene is very good also. pop bottles are made from it so the drink doesn't go flat and often include special permeability-blocking layers of other materials.
Pop bottles are made of PET (Polyethylene terephtalate). Different polymer from HDPE (high-density polyethylene), and a better gas barrier.
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