Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Brian: >5 liters will require that I completely change the way I handle stock >solutions. Either that or just dump out one of the five every time I mix it. Mark Rabiner threatened to beat me if I did it any other way... So I listened to him, and have been happy (yet again) with the results. When I didn't listen to him ("buy Hewes reels"), I wasn't happy and then went out and got the more expensive reels, anyway. Anyway... I mixed up the 5L solution and then filled twenty 250 ml bottles. (24 amber bottles from Photographer's Formulary were about $50) Actually, 19. They hold slightly more than 250 if you fill 'em up so there's no air. I now have (actually, had...I've used up more than half of 'em in the past couple months) 19 "shots" of developer perfectly measured. I add 750 ml of water to each "shot" and I've got a 1:3 mixture ready to dump into my 1L tank. "Couldn't be easier", said Rabs. He was right. I'm sooo glad I listened to him about this. I don't have to measure or think or do anything other than dump a bottle into my 1L grad cylinder, add water, and I'm ready to agitate. Couldn't be easier. I can tell by looking at how many bottles I have filled up how many more rolls I can do. 5 bottles = a brick. I think next time I order another brick, I need to order another 5L packet of Xtol. It's magic powder. Eric p.s. The Hewes reels *still* put a smile on my face, Mark. You were right about them, too. :) - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html