Need advice for color work at home

[Mark Goldberg]

I have been away from darkroom - particualrly color darkroom - work
for a while. This was due to my move to a new home without an extra
bathroom, plus going from singledom to a "family way."

The subject of developing and printing for "all those pictures [Do you
need to shoot SO many!?]" has come up many times. That's whay I am
thinking about an alternative to paying 10-15/roll for color developing
and printing at Moto.

I still have some Peterson tanks and color thermometers, plus a Chromega
6x7 dichroic enlarger/timer, easel, lenses, etc. I DO NOT have the
flexibility to devote our half-bath or part of the kitchen to darkeroom
work. We have no water or drain hookup in the basement.

The tank development should be no problem, but I am concerned about
making the color contact sheets. There used to be a system from Kodak
for simplified color printmaking (I think it was called Ektaflex).

Please, by email or posting, advise me of my options for limited color
work at home without creating a family revolt! I will post a summary
of results.

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[Kah]

I too am wanting to start a HOME darkroom for color film negs and prints.
Could someone please help with the following?

1.Recomended basic equipment setup
2.Good startup book ( I just bought the KODAK darkroom book )
3.Ballpark figures on cost
4.Please factor in the previous message, for I too have about
zero space, and have to do this in my garage with the Laundry sink.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Kah
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