{"id":24284,"date":"2022-10-16T01:03:47","date_gmt":"2022-10-16T05:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/?p=24284"},"modified":"2022-10-15T00:31:34","modified_gmt":"2022-10-15T04:31:34","slug":"trey-trays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/trey-trays\/","title":{"rendered":"trey trays"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Paterson coloured plastic trays<\/p><\/div>\n

Toronto<\/strong>. In the glory days of film photography anyone in the know would have or have the use of a darkroom to develop black and white prints. Common to almost all darkrooms was a trio of trays. The first held developer chemical; the second stop bath (or diluted vinegar); and the third the fixer solution.<\/p>\n

Washing was done in a large sink under normal lighting and lots of running water to removed the fixer and the unused silver halides the fixer released from the paper. Kodak even sold a fancy siphon for use with a large tray in the sink.<\/p>\n

As a high school scholar, the school darkroom was available (at the time, I had others develop my negatives since it was a far fussier process done with special tanks and usually in total darkness following traditional time and temperature guidelines).<\/p>\n

Once I had my own darkroom, complete with a safelight, enlarger, paper, easel, and trays of chemicals, I could make my own prints. The trays were usually a bit larger than the paper. Too small and the paper would not fit; too big and more chemistry was needed plus a greater risk of oxidization happening. Darkrooms often had trays of various sizes to accommodate differing paper sizes. 8×10 trays seemed most common.<\/p>\n

The trays could be plastic like those shown here courtesy of this Ebay link<\/a>, hard rubber, or home-made from plywood using liners cut from very thin plastic tarp material. Regardless of size, using the same tray for the same chemistry minimized washing time and cross contamination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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