Whats the best way to store chemicals?
This was presented by Michael Gaston on photo.net: Don’t refrigerate your chems because some if the chemicals will come out of solution at low temps. Long term storage of developer is the big problem as it will oxidize pretty quickly. Fix will last a long time and stop will last forever(as far as I can tell). You can tell when your fix has gone bad, it develops a mighty stench. Here’s the big secret for developer. I promise it will work. Get yourself a bunch of 16oz Gatoraid bottles. The glass kind with metal lids, made to hold a vacuum. Mix your developer from powder at 125 degrees. I know that is hotter than the instructions say but it will be ok. As soon as everything is desolved while it’s still nice and hot, pour the developer into the bottles. Leave about an inch of air space. Without the air space it will not develop a good vacuum. Lay the lids on top of the bottles but don’t tighten them yet. Let it sit for a minute or two, long enough for the air in the bottle to heat up. Now
