[pure-silver] Re: Agitation and contrast
- From: Dana Myers <dana.myers@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 16:29:57 -0800
On 11/11/2019 4:05 PM, Myron Gochnauer wrote:
I invert and turn the tank gently (90 degrees, so that the inversion starts at various places around the tank). I never found
the twirling very effective on its own, although I think I would give a couple gentle back-and-forth ’twirls’ on the 30 second
marks if I was agitating only on the minute. But then I misplaced the twirly thing, and never really missed it.
I've never invested the time to calibrate for twirling, but the knock-off
Paterson tank
I have leaks when inverted, so, if I ever want to use it... I *did* see a
maker-project
where someone was using a stepper-motor to twirl on a precise schedule, but,
that's
too much mechanical fab for me. If I ever twirl, it'll be the old-fashioned way.
I *alway* put a spacer or empty reel in the tank to prevent the loaded reel from moving up and down during agitation, and I use
a standard amount of developer that leaves only a small airspace at the top. I normally use “replenished” X-TOL, so the number
of loaded reels probably doesn’t matter.
By replenished - you keep a full container of full-strength Xtol and used Xtol
with
some protocol for mixing them? I've heard stories that a seasoned tank of
replenished
dev is special, but, I use 1+1 Xtol and dump it, for consistency-sake.
Thanks and cheers,
Dana K6JQ
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