Wet Station Setup for a Darkroom

Video Transcript

"Hi, my name is Lanie McCormick I'm a fine art photographer in Austin, Texas. I'm here to show you how to set up a dark room on behalf of Expert Village. In setting up the wet workstation in your darkroom there are several options that you can consider. One you can purchase the chemical table which will hook directly up to a drainage system. It can house the chemicals inside of it and it won't leak out on the floor. Another option is the simple table and put your trays on top of it I found that works fine. Once you have your table in place you're going to add three different trays your going to have first is your developer tray, second your stop bath, and third your fix tray. After that you can add a fourth tray for washing your prints or gathering your prints after the fix, under the fix bath. Once your prints are out of the fix they are going to go to the wash station next the wash bath is a simple tray that will have water circulating in and out of the tray. You can purchase expensive ones or you can use a regular tray and just make sure that the water is moving through the baths. Once your print has been washed thoroughly you are going to move it to a squeegee station where you use a simple piece of plexiglass and a squeegee. This is to eliminate any excess water and get it ready for the dry station."