Humpf. Not sure who to believe at this point, Kodak or the speculators!!So I guess I'll keep on using it 1:19; although I will test some reject prints w/the stronger dil. to see if there's a discernible color change. Better safe than sorry.
I know you've all been on the edge of your seats about my safelight testing. The Thomas failed miserably. But luckily I had some rubylith-type stuff to retrofit the glass panes, and it passed w/flying colors. Anyone needs a sheet, let me know, I have some extras.
The only remaining question I have is this: in the US we count seconds using "one-Mississippi, two-Mississippi", etc., which I had to do while testing in the dark. I couldn't help but wonder what folks in other countries use to count off?
-Adrienne MouminPS: the 90-min water soak did in fact remove the Sistan screen marks. So back in there to do it all over again once my shipment of Tray Rack & Tank arrives!
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Richard Knoppow wrote:While early research showed KRST to be an effective protective treatment it appears to have changed in some way about 20 years ago. After that change it was no longer effective in weak dilution.Is there any knowledge of what the change was: Something added, taken away, a change to the manufacturing process? And is it possible to add some mystic Kickapoo Joy Juice and restore the protective action?
Kodak claimed that they had changed nothing in either the formula or method of making the stuff. The speculation is that there was some impurity in one of the ingredients that caused incidental sulfiding during toning. The sulfiding probably filled in where the KRST wasn't working. However, there is no hard proof of this idea. --- Richard Knoppow Los Angeles, CA, USA dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx _________________________________________________________________A new home for Mom, no cleanup required. All starts here. http://www.reallivemoms.com?ocid=TXT_TAGHM&loc=us
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