[pure-silver] Re: stopbath kills fixer
- From: Ryuji Suzuki <rs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, jblack@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 16:43:54 -0500 (EST)
From: "John Black" <jblack@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: stopbath kills fixer
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 16:36:46 -0500
> As an aside, I have found that alkaline fixers with no acid stop bath are
> not as good as traditional acid fix and stop at removing dye in 35mm film
> (esp Tri-X and the TMX,Y,Z etc). Fresh sulfite is a must for this little
> chore and I find the sulfite to crap out in my fixer and hypo clear way
> before the thiosulfate. I typically have to add sulfite every other
> developing session to decolorize properly. It's a good thing fix and
> sulfite is cheap.
If your developer has enough sulfite, like DS-10 (stock, 1+1 or 1+2),
much dye gets out in the developer, and also you can save the spent
developer and use it as a wash aid, after fix and brief rinse, because
the pH and sulfite level are ideal for this task.
--
Ryuji Suzuki
"Keep a good head and always carry a light camera."
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