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In Reply to: safelight question posted by Kevin O on December 19, 2000 at 03:26:27:
Kevin,
You don't specify, but I'm assuming you mean black & white, right?
Even multigrade papers can handle red light for quite a while without fogging. My cheapest safelight was a biscuit tin with a 15 watt lamp inside, with a double thickness of cut-up plastic bucket taped around the front. Lasted for years, but a safety inspector would have closed me down! Anything along these lines will work. You can buy quite sophisticated (expensive)safe lights, or just make your own.
A neon tube bright enough to light up a bathroom is likely to be too bright even with a red filter. It needs to be bright enough to find your way around without stubbing your toes on the washing machine more than twice per session, but if you can read the small print on your house insurance policy across the room, it's probably too bright!
Mike
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