Which chemical containers might fit a standard wine bottle vacuum stopper gadget?

[ame01999]

Aside from an actual wine bottle, of course. I've used plastic accordion bottles most of my darkroom life and am unfamiliar with the exact diameters of standard glass bottles for darkroom chemicals, etc. Thanks!

 

[koraks]

Glass bottles?

Btw, not to break your bubble, but the utility of those wine bottle stoppers (Vacuvin etc.) is really limited. You're better off just filling a glass or HDPE bottle to the brim and sealing it with a good fitting screw cap. The supposed 'vacuum' of these wine stoppers is pretty crappy. It's a quasi-vacuum that at best removes about half the air, but it seeps back in over the next few days. They're really pretty much useless.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Glass bottles?

Btw, not to break your bubble, but the utility of those wine bottle stoppers (Vacuvin etc.) is really limited. You're better off just filling a glass or HDPE bottle to the brim and sealing it with a good fitting screw cap. The supposed 'vacuum' of these wine stoppers is pretty crappy. It's a quasi-vacuum that at best removes about half the air, but it seeps back in over the next few days. They're really pretty much useless.

Plastic accordion bottles and wine bottle stoppers have been a big disappointment to me in the darkroom. The first leak and slowly let air in and the second cannot hold a good vacuum. I switched to StopLossBagsTM found at StopLossBags.com. I strongly suggest getting their funnel so that it is easier to get the chemicals in the bags.

 

[ame01999]

Glass bottles?

Btw, not to break your bubble, but the utility of those wine bottle stoppers (Vacuvin etc.) is really limited. You're better off just filling a glass or HDPE bottle to the brim and sealing it with a good fitting screw cap. The supposed 'vacuum' of these wine stoppers is pretty crappy. It's a quasi-vacuum that at best removes about half the air, but it seeps back in over the next few days. They're really pretty much useless.

Thank you. What do you do when your solution no longer fills the bottle to the brim? The marble trick?

 

[ame01999]

Plastic accordion bottles and wine bottle stoppers have been a big disappointment to me in the darkroom. The first leak and slowly let air in and the second cannot hold a good vacuum. I switched to StopLossBagsTM found at StopLossBags.com. I strongly suggest getting their funnel so that it is easier to get the chemicals in the bags.

Thanks for the tip! Did you have any luck with glass containers + anti-oxidant sprays, by any chance?

 

[koraks]

Thank you. What do you do when your solution no longer fills the bottle to the brim? The marble trick?

No, I generally decant into a smaller bottle or replenish, depending on which chemical it is. And of course there are a lot of chemicals that stay just fine with a little air on top, or at least long enough.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Thanks for the tip! Did you have any luck with glass containers + anti-oxidant sprays, by any chance?

I do not use glass containers because excess air cannot be squeezed out and the danger of broken glass.