trays

[journeyman]

hey all I'm putting together a darkroom and I have most of the big stuff complied together. Just filling in the cracks so here the first in a long line of questions.

Where's a cheap place to get trays for developing the prints. I went to the local hardware store but they couldn't point be towards anything.

Anyone know what I'm looking for that's cheap and strudy?

 

[joyride]

i havent checked, but I've heard some paint places have larger trays. I could be wrong, but its worth a shot.

 

[stingray]

You're probably not in Australia, but here we have a shop called Vanbar that sells all the darkroom supplies... even the patterson trays are very cheap. I mean, pretty much just as cheap as if they were "home brand".
Look here if you're interested: http://www.vanbar.com.au/catalogue/...=1&Item1=DARKROOM&Item2=DEVELOPING&Item3=TRAY

 

[Torus34]

Pet stores, and some super markets, sell kitty litter trays. They're cheap. They can easily handle 11x14's. The only problem is that the bottoms are not ridged on the inside -- prints can be hard to lift off the bottom. You can epoxy a few thin 1/8" thick plastic strips to the inside bottoms of the trays to eliminate this nuisance. I have kitty litter trays that are 30 years old and going strong.