[LargeFormat] Jobo Processors

[R.E. Younger, Photographer]

....bleach may also have a deleterious effect on rubber and silicone
seals....

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin M. Bell" <newsgroups@cameracollectors.com>
To: <largeformat@f32.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 1:15 PM
Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] Jobo Processors


> At 02:01 PM 2/7/2002, you wrote:
> >Why not simply kill algae with common household bleach?
> >
> >Simply run dilute bleach through the entire system a couple times and
then
> >run plain water a couple more.
> >
> >Back when I used to work on a Kodachrome processor, we had a chemical
called
> >developer system cleaner.  It contained Phosphoric acid or some such
thing.
> >This worked to clean out the developer tanks, but the problem there
wasn't
> >algae.
> >
> >Karl Wolz
>
> You need to be very careful using bleach with developing
> chemistry.  Household bleach combined with RA4 chemistry, for example, can
> create toxic and deadly fumes.  It has been a number of years since I
> worked in a lab using RA4, so I don't remember which chemicals don't mix,
> but I do remember it was a firing offense to have chlorine bleach in the
lab.
>
> Kevin M. Bell
> www.camera-collectors.com
> 1-877-977-5091
>
>
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