Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jonathan Borden wrote: > > some musings on fixer life ... > > http://www.nfinity.com/~mdmuir/pennywise.html > > Jonathan Borden > > > > > >You can extend the life of the fixer by floating a tray of the > > same size on > > >top of it, cutting out the exposure to air. > > > > Or, if you don't have extra trays, you can float wax paper on the fixer. > > And Hypo-chek is an essential tool. Get some right away. > > > > > > Bill Franson > > If it says it is supposed to fix between 6-8 minutes for example what I do is take half of 8... I check the film in 4 minutes if it has not cleared I dump it, remix fresh fix and then give it a nice about of time in that, :) after a quick rinse. I recommend Rapid Fix with no solution B which you are definitely supposed to not use with tab grain films anyway. Mark :-) Rabiner IF the film has cleared in 3 minutes I'd give it another 3. I might start doing a two bath fixing thing like my friend Byron Rakitzis does. I do the two bath for prints so why not negs it makes at least as much sense. An economical way to know you have really got the job done right.