Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/15

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Keeping XTOL
From: Guy Bennett <gbennett@lainet.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 08:52:43 -0800
References: <5.0.2.1.2.20011014225914.00a217c0@pop.2alpha.net>

>In any event, on the same URL you see that the stock solution can be kept
>up to
>1 year in a tightly sealed bottle.
>Nathan


That's what I had originally heard, but then I was told that figure had
been revised to 6 months. Hope it's not true.

I mixed up a 5 liter batch last April and it's still developing film, so so
far so good.

Next time I think I'm going to store it in 16oz bottles rather than 1 liter
bottles just to keep that much more of it in full bottles for as long as
possible.

Guy




>Peter Klein wrote:
>
>> I just picked up some XTOL to try.  I was told at Glazer's in Seattle that
>> the 1-liter pack has been discontinued.  As Dr. McCoy might say, "Dammit,
>> Jim, I'm an amateur, not a mini-lab!"
>>
>> Question:  How long will the stock solution keep reliably if kept in full
>> bottles?  I've got one "accordion" bottle to keep air out of the bottle in
>> use.  Should I be OK keeping the other 4 liters in full, well-washed out
>> green plastic soda pop bottles, stored in a dark cabinet?  Or would I be
>> safer buying some brown storage bottles or getting some heavy drinker's old
>> Seagram's brown glass bourbon containers?
>>
>> I assume the figures in the Film Developer Cookbook are good starting
>> points, right?
>>
>> Man, at the Secret LUG Dilution of 1:3, it's gonna take a long time to get
>> through 5 liters of the Elixer of Life!
>>
>> --Peter Klein
>> Seattle, WA
>> --Peter
>>
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