[pure-silver] Re: Sediment in my XTOL, and another question.
- From: William Harting <wm.harting@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 22:53:07 -0500
Elias, my Xtol has sediment in it too, doesn't seem to have any
effect, I'd be interested to hear others chime in. I keep my stock in
several size bottles, but I don't use marbles on the partially filled
one. Hope I'm not playing with fire...
-bill
On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 9:41 PM, Elias Roustom <elroustom@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> My XTOL isn't that old. I use about 450ml per roll of either 120 or 135. I
> fill the working bottle (full strength stock) with 70ml fresh unused stock,
> then I pour the developer I just used back the working bottle until it
> fills to the top, and I dump the rest. So I'm replenshing my working bottle.
> So far so good, I've developed a half dozen films so far - it's been about a
> month or so, and the bottle is filled to the top and closed tightly. It's
> got sediment along the bottom. Does this mean anything to anyone? Should it
> mean anything to me?
>
> Using marbles to fill fresh stock bottle, to keep developer level up to the
> top: the bottle if full of marbles, and since there's plenty of room between
> the marbles, the liquid inside isn't going to the top anymore. Should I
> worry about oxidation when the bottle is half full of liquid, but full of
> marbles? Or can I assume that the marbles are cutting down on the air in the
> bottle enough to keep the developer good for three months?
>
> Elias
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