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Yes I remember RAYCO and used to buy chems and items from them, in my experience they were a very good company. I still have one of their small booklets somewhere that was full of hints / tips and basic forumlas to get you going with mixing your own brews. Great shame they are not still arround, or something similar. Neil.
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So my phenidone that still works is at least 15-16 years old or older. I have kept it stored in two plastic bags with the air squeezed out. The bagged phenidone was then pushed back in it's plastic Rayco tub and stored in a cupboard.
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I wrote an updated booklet for Steve a few sometime before the name & stock was sold. It was in PDf form not sure if I still have it. I have the original written by Ray Kingdon the founder. Ian |
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I still have lots of chemicals in Rayco tubs. They'd gone before I got into making my own stuff but I was given a box of chemicals a few years ago. All of it is still usable except a tub of 500g of sodium hydroxide which has turned to mush - I guess moisture got into into it. I've wondered about trying to dry it out in the oven but it's nasty stuff and I have a vague memory from school that heating it might change it chemically. Advice?
My enlarger timer is a Rayco that has been reliable ever since I was given it over 20 years ago. |
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I'd dispose of it, as it's easy and cheap to replace. Terry S |
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Chempl (964) responded to my enquiry by stating that his phenidone is first class bought from a reliable source not from China. It is my fault that it is not potent enough because I must have stored it wrong and it will have deteriorated since I bought it in Sept. 2019.
Rayco phenidone almost 20 years old works. Chempl (964) phenidone stored exactly the same way as Rayco phenidone deteriorated after 4 months. He just lost a customer.
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Hmmm.....i'll need to keep an eye on my Phenidone too.....so he may lose another customer!
Mike |
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In this case "the customer is always wrong" I see that this seller has quite a few negative fedbacks. He did not tell me how it should be stored, just that I must have stored it in the wrong conditions.
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Have I been told "a load of old codswollap"? I believe so.
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