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Excellent point Alex. One must inhale and savour the nose of the wine, then a tiny slurp and swish over the tongue, holding the pinky finger just so.
The question of varietal is also essential to this matter. |
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Nice one, SvendN
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Hi kidder Jem, I use glass marbles from pound store. Just add more to keep the level in the bottle topped up!
Regards, Hughes |
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A word of encouragement for the collapsible bottle they work very well. They are a better quality than they used to be.
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I've recently adopted the idea of using wine/beer bottles with Vacuvin rubber stoppers and vacuum pump. I'm sure this system has been discussed on the forum before, but it really does seem to be working well to keep solutions in good condition, even in half empty bottles. I can actually see air bubbles rising up out of the liquid as I remove the air from the bottle.
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Well, I've been using 250ml glass bottles to keep my Xtol, they have bakolite lids with a washer seal.
I find then very convenient, 250ml stock is concentrated I suppose so tip that in with 250ml of water and thats 500ml of dev for an average small tank, it just saves that load of measuring out and milliliter counting that you'd do with a one shot. Course, you still have to get the big bucket out, mix and fill the bottles in the first place but, I think its worth considering how you do your souping, the tank capacities and all that. For instance, I use system 4 tanks, a 500 and a 1500, so its one bottle for the 500 or 3 for the 1500....simplez Using an entire 250ml bottle for one 120 means that that bottle will never be exposed to air apart from when it was filled, it works good for Xtol, its not gonna work for everything obviously. . Last edited by JohnX; 3rd August 2017 at 05:36 PM. |
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Not sure if that's been mentioned before: I'm using Tetenal Protectan spray. For example, Xtol stock keeps fine in a 5 litre canister for several months even when there's only a litre of dev left in there. Been using it since the 90's and never bothered with any other method. I simply top up all bottles at the end of the day.
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I use 'Butane Gas' bought in Poundland for £ 1 -00 much CHEAPER than the Tetenal. It is a 'refill' -- I have to use some small needle nose pliers to pull on the red plastic tube though to get some out into bottles. I also use it to squirt some into Sodium Hydroxide container as it is 'Hydroscopic' and absorbs water vapour if I don't.
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I used to use argon to sit on the developer but that got awkward to find when B&Q stopped stocking it (it's used in welding). You can still get argon/CO2 mix easily but that is not suitable for this purpose. You can probably still get argon only from proper welding suppliers, but it just became too much hassle.
I recently bought some of the 500ml and 1l spout bags and am just popping upstars to mix up some ID11 so I'll see how that goes... Cheers, Bob. Last edited by Bob; 13th November 2017 at 09:33 PM. |
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Can I use this Butane gas? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Newport-300.../dp/B00GMPC8IY
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