Ken, I wish you had the recipe! ;) For when it goes out of stock (again)...
Great stuff, but distributors always end up running out for at least a
couple months at a time.
(Am partial to the liquid version)
On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 10:23 PM Ken Hough <k4sb@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Try Ethol LPD. It’s wonderful. You can change your ratio on itKimberly Schneider
tremendously. You can Mix it 1:2 or 1:10. The more diluted it is the more
warm tone it is of course that depends on the paper. But it’s a wonderful
developer and I used to know the owner of the company. And the little old
lady who mixed it.
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On Mar 26, 2021, at 8:28 PM, Janet Gable Cull <janetgcull@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I bought it from Unique Photo, and called them this morning. Got a call
back this afternoon and was told it's perfectly fine (though not with me).
He said it performs normally but honestly, it's thick and very dark
chocolatey. Seems I saw here recently that Ilford has a developer that's
like Dektol. I think I'll search that.
They may say it's the dark Dektol is just the same but I like to be able
to see what's coming up on the print. I'm sending back the rest of the
order.
On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 6:09 PM Ken Hough <k4sb@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Richard. This brown Dektol was first mentioned over a year ago. Nation
wide printers saw it. It’s not a local phenomena. I switched to LPD long
ago but needed some paper developer this fall. I got new dektol. Brown. Not
smelly. I’ve been doing this long enough to know (50 years) and it didn’t
seem to have that odor
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Ken Hough Photographic Repair
I Specialized in all Deardorff products
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On Mar 26, 2021, at 4:10 PM, `Richard Knoppow <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Dektol should be white. The brown is from oxididation due to a leak
in the container. It may also have a fishy odor. I have encountered bad
Dektol in very old bag containers. Have it replaced. Developers should
never be more than very slight tan in color.
On 3/26/2021 6:09 AM, Janet Gable Cull wrote:
I just received an order of chemicals, opened a bag of deck tile to mix
for printing this morning and it is dark brown. I've never seen it look
like this, chocolatey. Surely there's not been a change and it's supposed
to look like this. What in the world? Disappointing when I'm ready to
go.Have any of you found it bad right out of the package? Packaging says
expiration date is 2023.
Janet Gable Cull
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