Paterson Auto Colortherm
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| Paterson Auto Colortherm | |
|---|---|
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| Model | Paterson Auto Colortherm |
| Sub-category | Darkroom |
| Status | Good working order |
| Training requirement | no |
| ACnode | no |
| Owner | Alexander Baxevanis |
| Origin | Long term loan |
| Location | Darkroom |
| Maintainers | Property "Owner" (as page type) with input value "User:Futureshape|Alexander Baxevanis" contains invalid characters or is incomplete and therefore can cause unexpected results during a query or annotation process. |
This is essentially a temperature controlled bath and a set of drums, film processing tanks and bottles that help you develop film (C-41, E6) & prints (RA-4) in a stable temperature (usually around 38 degrees celsius).
Depending on what you want to use it for, there are multiple ways to set it up - see the manual below for detailed instructions.
It can process up to 8x10" size prints using the small drum and 12x16" size prints using the large drum.
Instructions
Operation tips & notes
- DON'T PLUG IN AND SWITCH ON WITHOUT WATER - you'll burn the heating element
- Put the bath somewhere stable and don't move it while full, it's got 10L (10kg) of water inside
- Motor seems to be currently broken, but you can still rotate the drum by hand
- Keep a thermometer dipped in the bath to keep an eye on the temperature
- If you load the bath with cold water, it will take at least 1hr to warm up to the proper temperature. Try to mix cold & hot water to get the bath close to the right temperature from the beginning, and then just let the heater maintain that temperature. Try 2x2L jugs of cold water and 3x2L jugs of hot water as a starting point.
