Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]which product do you use for distillation? Rob Mueller Studies in Black and White www.studiesinblackandwhite.com rob@studiesinblackandwhite.com - -----Original Message----- From: Jim Brick [mailto:jimbrick@photoaccess.com] Sent: Monday, March 13, 2000 6:59 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us; leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: [Leica] Re: XTOL Stock or dilute?OT I use only distilled water in any film developer. I used to have and use a de-ionizer but now I have a distiller. Jim At 08:04 AM 3/14/00 +0000, Dan S wrote: >I must be using it wrong...When I went 1:1 the grain was pretty intense, >even on Delta 100. > >I'm trying to get grain down to a minimum...but have only had success using >straight or better. > >I wonder if water issues could cause my problems. Our water is loaded with >lime, so this could be effecting the development. I'm going to try >distilled next time. > >Thanks >Dan