1. HOW TO BE SAFE WHEN YOU ARE DEVELOPING FILM AND PRINTS
DARKROOM SAFETY
HOW TO BE SAFE WHEN YOU ARE DEVELOPING FILM AND PRINTS

2. Chemicals
Minimize your exposure to the chemicals by wearing gloves when developing film, and by wearing gloves and/or using tongs when developing prints

3. CHEMICALS
Fixer is considered a hazardous waste: this means it cannot go down the drain!
We re-use it until it gets old, and then we dispose of it in the hazardous waste jug.

4. CHEMICALS
If you get the chemicals on your hands, wash them with soap and hot water.
If you get chemicals in your eye, flush them with water and tell the teacher
Prevent getting chemicals in your eye by wearing goggles.

5. DARKROOM FASHION
Before developing film or entering the darkroom, you should
Put on an apron
Put on some goggles

6. Ventilation
There are exhaust vents in the darkroom ceiling to help keep the air breathable.

7. Common sense tips
Wash your hands at the end of the period every time you work with film or prints
Don’t have food or drink in the darkroom
If you feel dizzy/faint or your skin reacts, leave the darkroom and tell the teacher; you may be sensitive to a chemical
When operating the paper cutter, keep fingers behind the safety guard, focus on what you’re doing, and close the cutting blade/fasten the safety lock when done

8. Common sense tips
Don’t place yourself or you subject in a place where you or he/she could get hurt
Ask people’s permission before taking their pictures, and ask private property owners for permission before taking pictures

9. Common sense tips
Drying prints: keep fingers out of the dryer and don’t touch the surfaces of the dryer to avoid injuries and/or burns
When using the dry mount iron
Don’t test the heat of the tacking iron by touching it
When closing the platen of the dry mount press, be sure that the print and mount are the only items under the platen
Be careful not to burn yourself!

10. Save these notes! We will have a test over them tomorrow.
You must get a perfect score before you can start developing!