Sodium-Sulfite, polaroid 55, where to find.

[wonderlustking]

Hi everyone, I'm new, APUG is WICKID AWESOME.

introductions aside...

Does anybody know where in the gta I can get my hands on sodium-sulfite to wash polaroid 55, and 665 negatives?

[gandolfi]

Hi and welcome.

First of all: if you mention your location, it might be easier to guide you to a shop.....

Secondly: I have used these polaroids for many years, and I have never used sodium-sulfite to wash the negatives....

(I leave the negatives in water for a couple of hours - then I gently wash the developing residue of the negative under running water, using the palm of my hand to clean it with - then I fix in normal fix - wash and dry. I know it is not what the recipie says, but it works like a charm for me - never had any problems with it...)

Again: welcome to APUG from Denmark.

[Christopher Walrath]

Posted wirelessly..

Welcome to APUG. I had never used it either. Hence I have an unopened bottle. Send me an address and I'll hook you up if you want it.

[jnanian]

hi there wonderlustking

welcome to apug.

if you have "perma wash" ... it is mostly sodium sulfite
and you can wash your polaroids in that as well.

( there is a "like-new" polaroid clearing tank
in the classifieds ... if you don't want to deal with trays )

john

[wonderlustking]

thanks for the help guys, sorry about the confusion over my location gta= greater Toronto area. I'll definitely check out the classifieds.

[fschifano]

Any halfway decent chemical supplier should have sodium sulfite. The stuff is a ravenous oxygen scavenger and has lots of industrial and even culinary uses. A weak solution of sodium sulfite can be sprayed on salad bar greens to keep them fresh. Some red wines have a quantity of sulfite as a preservative. I don't think the classifies are the most efficient way to find this stuff, seeing as it is so ubiquitous. Search for a restaurant supply house or chemical supplier in your area and start talking to them.

[Athiril]

Go to a pool shop and look for chem out or chlorine remover or something along those lines and read the ingredients, I use 98%+ sulphite from a pool shop no probs.

[Gerald C Koch]

If you can't find something locally at a reasonable price and in a useful size try

thechemistrystore.com
techcheminc.com
suttonbayspices.com

[Anscojohn]

We used to use EK rapid fix in the clearing bucket. Seemed to work just fine.

[CGW]

If you're in TO, try Nymoc Products Co. for photo chemistry. Believe they're on McGee St in the Queen E, area. Look 'em up.