Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Kodak recommends ten rinses for Tri-X. John Collier > From: Martin Howard <howard.390@osu.edu> > > Ray Moth jotted down the following: > >> I believe Martin's @#&$$& water marks may be caused by inadequate final >> rinsing. To be sufficiently thorough, you must rinse at least three >> times. Failure to do this will merely dilute the hard water minerals or >> soap, it won't remove them completely. You will then get drying marks. > > My rinsing procedure: > > * Fill tank with fresh water. Invert five times. Dump. > * Fill tank with fresh water. Invert ten times. Dump. > * Fill tank with fresh water. Invert twenty times. Dump. > * Fill tank with fresh water. Invert twenty times. Dump. > * Fill tank with distilled water. Squirt in Photo-Flo. > Soak reels for 10-30s, pull them out, hang to dry. > > That should be quite adequate rinsing. >