[Frameworks] storing chemistry

[Francisco Torres]

 Is it better if the temperature is more stable anyway? Like an inside
closet?
yes, cool but not cold...

2016-02-11 2:17 GMT-04:00 Robert Schaller <robert at ontosmedia.com>:

> Hi Katherine!
>
> It's certainly better if they don't freeze, to say the least!  I've never
> actually had film chemicals freeze, but I have noticed that solutions that
> are concentrated, like black and white reversal clearing bath, tend to fall
> out of solution when stored at 50°F, and that what falls out does not
> redissolve even on warming.  I would guess that freezing would cause all
> kinds of precipitation that would be hard to reverse, and that this would
> be trouble enough even aside from the possibility that freezing would harm
> any of the solutes themselves.
>
> I think letting them freeze is a bad idea.  If you can bring them in, do!
> A stable temperature is a good idea.
>
> On Feb 10, 2016, at 3:45 PM, Katherine Bauer <kittylitterxox at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi Frameworks,
> > I have an enclosed porch that I wanted to turn into a dark room, it is
> sort of insulated, but it is still cold, Im in upstate NY. I haven't put a
> thermometer out there, but we have some nights coming up that might be in
> the tens if not single digits coming up. What happens if chemicals freeze?
> Like, I have a liquid E6 kit and C14 kits etc.that I would like to keep on
> the porch. Can I store them out there, or is it better not to because
> temperatures at night can drop? Is it better if the temperature is more
> stable anyway? Like an inside closet?
> > Thanks!
> >
> >
> >
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