Replacement Kodak Tray Siphon Hose Adapter

The rubber hose adapter (as well as the hose) for my Kodak tray siphon is definitely showing its age and I have a feeling it's going to crack open on me sooner rather than later. I've been hunting around and haven't found anything that quite matches that rubber piece - lots of sprayer adapters on Amazon for washing pets but the Kodak part seems more like a lab adapter. Anyone found a suitable replacement for these somewhere?

Lee

Not sure if these links will help - they basically offer suggestions. If you're trying to keep it close to original you may have to cannibalize one from a broken siphon, or look at a lab supply house.



If you're not trying to keep it original looking, you can get creative. Depending on where you want to use it or what type of faucet you are connecting to, you may be able to come up with something better.

Many wash-tub faucets have threads that will take a garden-hose-style female end, The threaded fittings are fairly standard, and you can get something that reduces to the size of the rubber hose. You can even get a replacement aerator for a standard bathroom or kitchen faucet that will have male threads on the outside. They aren't pretty, but can be useful.

I have a washer for film reels that I put an adapter on - a plastic unit for a removable "hand-held" shower head. I used a hose clamp to attached the fitting to the hose. The fitting is similar to this:
Swivel adapter

You may even find a cheap handshower head with hose - just slice the hose off and connect it to your siphon.

First I used a replacement aerator on the bathroom faucet, but that was too much of a hassle with the small sink basin.
Instead, I purchased a diverter valve, and put that between the pipe and the shower head. It is similar to this:
Diverter

I can screw the hose onto the fitting, and then turn the valve so I can send the water to the film washer instead of the shower head.

If the rubber hose is still OK, then you can attach a 'Paterson filter adapter' on the tube and then connect to the water faucet, that's what I did...

I was on the lookout for one of those Kodak tray siphons for ages, couldn’t find one in satisfactory condition. So I finally bought the 16x12 version of the Paterson High Speed Print Washer, which achieves the same thing. Unfortunately there isn’t a larger version.

Truzi said:

Many wash-tub faucets have threads that will take a garden-hose-style female end, The threaded fittings are fairly standard, and you can get something that reduces to the size of the rubber hose.

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Truzi said it, I'll show it:

I am in Europe, the most known garden system is called Gardena, you surely have something similar. The connector on my hose in the picture connects to the counterpart. The very flexibel hose is made of silicone. I have a large darkroom sink, so I decided on a much longer hose. In fact, I have two of these silicone hoses with the Kodak siphons. This is for washing 20x24in. (50x60cm) in two trays, going back and forth multiple times. For this, I got a 2-way connector of this brand, on the tab . . .

The nice thing about the silicone hoses is they're soft and gentle on the fiber prints. Plus, I can simply lay them in the sink ...

I don't always use the Kodak siphon, because it is not always practical. Mainly because my trays need to be raised for the siphon not to touch the bottom of the sink. In that case I just use similar hoses . . .