Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/18

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Re: RE: Tri-X and Kodak vs Ilford?
From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 17:55:21 -0800

JeffS wrote:
> 
> Most of that purple/pink stuff used to come off in the prewash, until I read
> the instructions that came with my Jobo and realized I wasn't supposed to be
snip empts to re-clear.
> 
> I now wash negatives per Jobo's instructions of 10 or more water changes
> through the Jobo itself. I'd rather simply toss the negatives into a film
> washer and walk away, but the Jobo lift needs flushing out, and this method
> sure does seem to get things clean, and uses comparatively little water.
> 
> Jeff
>
I used to have to let the negs soak overnight to get the pink out.
Mark Rabiner