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Old 18th April 2014, 02:19 PM
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Default Soft-Pack Developers.

Has anyone had any experience with developers sold in soft-packs?

The claim is that the developers last longer due to no air space.

http://www.firstcall-photographic.co...500ml-softpack
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Old 18th April 2014, 02:31 PM
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I recently bought some Rodinal in one. I'm hoping that I can keep it going till my great great great grandchildren are born.
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Old 18th April 2014, 04:19 PM
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I haven't tried one, Keith but a wine-bag certainly works in my opinion and the soft pack looks like a wine-bag but will in fact be custom-made for photo chemicals so if anything should be even better

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Old 18th April 2014, 04:53 PM
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I've got a couple of developers in those bags here Keith, but as I tend to only use Pyrocat HDC I haven't actually used one. I do use the wetting agent that also came in one. If you want to try one I can drop one off on the way home when I am back at work on the 29th April, I know Rodinal is one, I am not sure what the other is off the top of my head though.
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Old 18th April 2014, 09:14 PM
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I bought Rodinal in bags. Seems like a good idea, but I haven't tried it yet. Will report.
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Old 18th April 2014, 09:22 PM
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I have the Firstcall Rodinal in a softpack and have previously used warmtone developer in the same packaging. The nozzles seem to leak; I store them inside a sandwich bag but have to throw out the sandwich bag and wipe residue off the container from time to time.
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Old 18th April 2014, 11:20 PM
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Based on my experience with wine-bag nozzles which can leak albeit very, very slowly I think that Kevin's leak is in the nature of the nozzle type. The Firstcall nozzles certainly looks like wine-bag nozzles

My bags in wine-boxes hang over my sink so no problem for me but if they have to sit over an area where the leak cannot be tolerated then something like Kevin's solution is fine.

Usually my leaks are so slight that the liquid eventually forms a kind of petrified drop at the end of the nozzle and in effect seals itself. This usually happens if I haven't dispensed any liquid for a few days. If you were using the bags every day or even every other day then in my case with wine-bags the leaks wouldn't even have a chance to form. They are that slow.

As far as I can tell the leak does not allow any air into the bag which is key

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Old 19th April 2014, 07:18 AM
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Thanks all.

Ed, I will accept your kind offer.
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Old 19th April 2014, 07:26 AM
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I haven't tried one, Keith but a wine-bag certainly works in my opinion and the soft pack looks like a wine-bag but will in fact be custom-made for photo chemicals so if anything should be even better

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Do you have a link to these type of wine bags Mike?
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Old 19th April 2014, 11:11 AM
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Do you have a link to these type of wine bags Mike?
Yes, I am regularly found in the alcohol section of several supermarkets usually hiding from the wife and my minders from the local AA group

On a more serious note any of the 2.25L (Sainburys -spoil sports) or 3L (Aldi and some ASDA) wine-bags are fine. Of course you have to drink the stuff first. A nasty job but somebody's got to do it.

The alternative is boxes called Polypins. These are brand new bags and boxes for the purpose of storage of home brew wine and still cider.

I haven't used them but will when my AA minders catch up with me

There is a thread on these Polypins on FADU going back a few years or you can do a "Google"

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