Safety of C-41 at home

I’m wondering if PE, or someone in the know, can speak to the safety of using Kodak flexicolor chemicals at home.

More specifically speaking, I have been using my kitchen as my developing station with my Jobo Cpp2. I do this because, once filled, I can’t figure out an easy way to drain the jobo of the 20+ litres of water it requires to fill. So I hang the drain over the sink so, when I’m finished, I can twist the nozzle and it drains easily into the sink. I try to be quite careful, but yesterday while I was developing I spilled some bleach on and around my counter and sink. I have been curious for some time about if this is posing a great risk to my health, and I figure now is as good a time to ask as ever, regardless of the fool I might look.

I assume what I’m doing is not particularly smart. Is there an easy way to drain the Jobo that I am missing, which would allow me to develop on the floor and/or in a more safe area?

Thanks,
Kuby

I've done it may times. The chemicals involved with the process are particularly toxic. Certainly no more than Clorox. Clean up any spills with soap and paper towels. You can also use several layers of newspaper to catch the spills.

I do noy see at all the problem to move the processor away from the sink, in case that is an issue.

Just connect a hose to that tap. And have that end in a 10L bucket or jerry can.
Use the same to fill the processor.

AgX said:

I do noy see at all the problem to move the processor away from the sink, in case that is an issue.

Just connect a hose to that tap. And have that end in a 10L bucket or jerry can.
Use the same to fill the processor.

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There doesn’t appear to be an easy way to attach a hose to the drain of my jobo cpp2. It is not threaded...

Measure the outer diameter of that tap, go to a DIY store, buy a piece of PVC tube just slightly less in diameter. Heat that end with a hair dryer and press it on that tap. In addition you may secure it with a hose clamp.
At that store you also may look for an alternative tap. Or in a shop for camping or RVs. A tap that can be be mounted to that Jobo by means of gasket and nut and that got a longer, tapered nozzle.

But as there is no high pressure on the water from the water bath, it actually should be sufficient to fix a small tube just aside that tap mouth. The water then can run outside of that tube into bucket or jerry can, if in straight line. Several options thus.

The C41 and RA4 chemistry are both very low in toxicity. The final rinse is a bit strong, but the bleach is very mild. The developer is alkaline and high in BOD and COD (high in toxicity to plant and bacterial growth). Just exercise care and wash up. Although the kitchen is not an ideal darkroom for color.

PE

After I have completed film development in the Jobo next to the kitchen sink, I scrub the sink with Barkeeper's Friend using sponges reserved for photographic uses. There is another set of sponges in cleaning tools used only for cooking.

I always just do C-41 in the bathtub and thoroughly wash it out afterward. Seemed to be easiest and I'm always uneasy about doing chemistry in the kitchen -- though I am guilty of doing black and white there on occasion.