[pure-silver] Re: Non-acid rapid fixer - continued
- From: Claudio Bonavolta <claudio@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:50:35 +0100
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De: Jean-David Beyer <jeandavid8@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:31:43 -0500
Sujet: [pure-silver] Re: Non-acid rapid fixer - continued
À: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Back when I was trying to use F-9 on Kodak Elite Fine Art paper using
the Ilford short fixing times method, I found that F-9 was just not fast
enough, though faster than F-6. IIRC, it took about 2 minutes to really
fix the paper with that, and that was way over the 30 second maximum for
that method. Since that great paper is no longer available, I have not
sought a replacement for Kodak Rapid Fix (that I do not use). I have no
trouble with sulfur dioxide, but perhaps that is because I use F-6 fixer
instead of F-5.
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I'm not using the Ilford short-fix scheme: with a washaid, there is little to
gain in terms of wash time.
But, after your post, I wanted to try a 1 minute fix time (I doubt the 30
seconds will be enough but should try one day).
As to be close to a worst-case scenario, the fix was already largely used
(iodide test showed a consistent cloudiness), I processed a non-exposed print
(Ilford Multigrade IV fiber), carefully washed the sample and did a test with
the selenium test.
Looks like the F-9-like fixer is still pretty active as the selenium test was
ok ...
Claudio Bonavolta
http://www.bonavolta.ch
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