[pure-silver] Re: Ilford Liquid Fixers
- From: DarkroomMagic <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: PureSilverNew <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 16:49:32 +0200
I¹m not absolutely certain but seem to remember that Hypam started as just a
name change of ?Rapid Fixer¹ for the European market. In any event, is has
no hardener in it.
Regards
Ralph W. Lambrecht
http://www.darkroomagic.com
On 2005-06-20 23:23, "Richard Knoppow" <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> From: "Len Eselson" <leneselson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 12:38 PM
> Subject: [pure-silver] Ilford Liquid Fixers
>
>
>> Hello Folks,
>> Does anyone know of the differences between
>> Ilford's Rapid Fix and their Hypam Fix, other than
>> the first is not to be mixed with a hardener, and the
>> latter can be so mixed. (I don't use hardener)
>>
>> As far as I have been able to determine they both use
>> ammonium thiosulphate, and dilutions and capacities are
>> the same.
>>
>> Reason for the inquiry is that the Hypam fixer is lower in
>> price. Is there
>> an advantage of the Rapid Fix over the Hypam ?
>>
>> Rgds
>>
>> Len Eselson
>>
> I think these are essentially the same product. Kodak
> Rapid Liquid Fixer with Hardener has the hardener and an
> acid in a separate container which can be added or not as
> the user chooses. I am not sure about Ilford Rapid Fixer. If
> the hardener is not separate the difference is simply the
> hardener and probably a lower pH to accomodate the hardener.
> Other than that, and the fixing salt, all fixers are
> virtualy identical.
>
> ---
> Richard Knoppow
> Los Angeles, CA, USA
> dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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