[pure-silver] Re: Tri-X in XTOL
- From: William Harting <wm.harting@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:58:25 -0500
Good Sunday morning.
I have a one liter bottle of stock which I have used for perhaps twenty or
more rolls (of several brands of film) at this writing. As each roll is
being developed, I add about 7ml (that would be about 7ml per roll, or per
8x10 equivalent) of fresh stock to the bottle, and return the used
developer, as much a will fit, to the stock bottle.
I don't know the life of the stock replenished this way, but will probably
replace it when it begins to look too muddy. I know I have some references
to using Xtol this way; for me it is turning out to be easy and dependable
and to yield good results. I develop up to 12 sheets of 4x5 with this
solution, adding the appropriate amount of replenisher.
I'll gather up the references and send them along.
-bill
On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 8:57 AM, Elias Roustom <elroustom@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Sunday morning... and I'm reading this... but on the offhand chance I got
> an answer, and could develop a roll before heading off to church...
>
> You all missed my question, my fault. Let me try again.
>
> I'm asking about Full Strength (not 1:1) for reuse. from my 1L bottle of
> stock. Do re-use by putting what I used for one roll of film (usually around
> 450ml) back into the bottle it came from, mix, and then pour out another
> amount for the next roll? If I do that, I imagine that the life of this 1L
> stock solution is considerably shorter at this point. I believe I would get
> 15 rolls of film out of re-used/replenished stock (extending time with each
> 5 rolls), rather than 4 rolls (120) out of the 1:1 one-shot.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Elias
>
>
> On Dec 26, 2009, at 9:04 PM, William Harting wrote:
>
> Elias, I'm under the impression that diluted Xtol should be used single
>> shot -- no reason you could not use one diluted batch to anticipated
>> exhaustion -- but I would not mix it back in with the stock. I've been using
>> replenished stock lately, the routine is very easy and developing
>> performance is predictable. I have a liter of working stock and add a bit of
>> fresh developer for each roll I develop. This keeps the stock bottle topped
>> up and replenished.
>>
>
> So does this mean you develop however number of rolls in 1L of stock each
> time? I only have a single roll capacity tank for my 120 reel.
>
> E.
>
>
>
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