Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The last batch of 5 liter Xtol I mixed (a few months ago) had the A packet so hard and caked that it took three hours in a magnetic stirrer to get it all into solution. Then another couple of hours for the B packet. It worked perfectly. And still works. Just used some over the weekend. Jim At 03:48 PM 4/22/2002 -0700, daniel@hotdogshark.com wrote: >I just mixed up my second batch of xtol, the 1 litre variety, and i noticed >that the "A" packet was moist and cakey in consistency. is this normal. I >remember a discussion about using the 5 litre packs instead maybe i'll go >check out the archives. I switched from using pmk and fx2 and alls i can say >is i wished i had made the jump sooner. The xtol seems to have much more >wonderful midtones. I use it a 1:3.--daniel mcclenaghan - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html