Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think you may be confusing paper and film. Five minutes wash is adequate for film. In fact, for C41, three minutes is recommended. The recommendation for a long wash time is undoubtedly for fiber base paper. Do use hardener with film. It protects the fragile emulsion and does no harm, repeat, does no harm. Hardener is unnecessary for the relatively tough emulsion of paper, and, if hardener is used, it becomes virtually impossible to us spotting dyes. Do not use hardener with paper. Herb Original Message---------------------------- There seems to be a lot of different methods for film wash most of them shorter than what I would have thought compared to Kodak's 20-30 minute wash time... I've read in a few places about not using a fixer with hardener. Is this just for slow films or most current films in general? What will be the consequence of using hardener...? (I just did with my Pan-F roll) I think I can just make up a batch of the Kodak Rapid Fixer and leave out the hardener if I remember correctly... - -- Herbert Kanner kanner@acm.org 650-326-8204 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html