Thanks Jim. All my life I have been using the standard alkaline/acidic process. Can you describe the steps? How is the development arrested without a stop bath or perhaps it is not needed. What is used as a fixer, just pure sodium thiosulphate? Better yet, are there any references to read that deal with the process? - Andrew. -----Original Message----- From: pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim MacKenzie Sent: April 27, 2006 6:49 PM To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [pure-silver] Re: PMK ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hagner, Andrew" <Andrew_Hagner@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 4:39 PM Subject: [pure-silver] Re: PMK Other than for use with PMK, what are the advantages (if any) of an all alkaline process for film development. === You need a much shorter wash and can forego a hypo-clearing agent step. Alkaline-fixed film needs about five minutes of wash to be archivally processed, without any washing aid needed. Jim ======================================================================== ===================================== To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there. ============================================================================================================To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.