Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 5:02 pm Post subject: Wallpaper Trays for big print development... |
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cheekygeek wrote:
I know I'm not the first person to think of this, but did a Google search for "wallpaper tray" and mflenses.com and haven't seen it mentioned here before so...
Bought a stash of BIG paper. More than I can use in a lifetime, in fact. BOXES of 50 sheets of 20x24 Ilford Multigrade (IV, Pearl, I think). I got to thinking how someone who didn't have big trays might process this stuff. Ignoring the deluxe JOBO CPP-2 processor method that the Big Boys might use.
And that brought me to wallpaper trays. (If you've never hung wallpaper here's a pic:
Very cheap and available in any hardware/paint store/section. You'd need to move the paper back and forth through the chemistry in a consistent manner until full/even development would be achieved, but it would have the benefit of taking very little space and chemistry (compared to full size trays).
Thought I'd pass the idea along. _________________ DSLR: Pentax K-3 II, D-BG5 grip, SLR: Pentax SP500, Pentax SP, Pentax SP II, Pentax Spotmatic F, MX, ME-Super, Super Program, pZ-1
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