Why don't you just cool down the water. Here in Canada (yes it gets warm here) I often have to put the developer bottle in an ice water bath before using it. Greg Oh and I was watching the very tail end of a documentary of Bob Dylan last night and whose name should scroll by in the long list of still photographers in the credit but everyone's favorite Pass The Camera hero Jan Faul. > > Original Message: > > ----------------- > > From: Marilyn marilyn@xxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Here in the southern California desert cold water coming > from the tap is > > sometimes 85 degrees. This is hot for processing black > and white film > > and > > the times/temperatures on the back of the chemical bottles > only go up to > > the temperature of 75 degrees.