Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/22

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Subject: [Leica] Re: xtol help
From: Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 17:39:38 -0700

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



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