[Leica] Photographers Formulary Rapid Fix

[jsmith342 at cox.net (Jeffery Smith)]

I am definitely going to get that distiller. In the long run, it should save
me money. You are right about the charcoal filter...it removes trace organic
chemical, but I'm not worried about those...it is the inorganic stuff from
the Mississippi that makes things hard to dissolve.

Thanks much, Jonathan.

Jeffery Smith
New Orleans, LA
http://www.400tx.com




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Borden
Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 3:40 PM
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Subject: Re: [Leica] Photographers Formulary Rapid Fix


Jeffery Smith wrote:

> The scanned negatives are covered with tiny white spots, so it is
> definitely
> something on the film, not pinholes. Two of the three solutions I  
> put on the
> film were not completely dissolved. The borax bath in divided D-76  
> doesn't
> stay completely dissolved, but borox is so soluble in water, it  
> would have
> come off in the rinse. I don't know what the cloudiness in the  
> fixer was,
> but I didn't use distilled water (there is virtually none in the  
> city right
> now...I went to five stores and found a total of 2 gallons). I'm  
> thinking it
> is the cloudy stuff in the fix. I'll try distilled and make up the  
> solution
> a few hours before I use it. I wish I had a magnetic stirrer.

Consider a water purifier -- I bought one at Sears:

http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/product.do?pid=03234480000 ,

no need to use the charcoal filter packs. You might be surprised at  
what gunk you will find in the pot after the water has been boiled off.

Jonathan

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