Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Unsubscribe - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christer Almqvist" <chris@almqvist.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 7:24 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Washing > >On Sat, 16 Aug 2003, Karen Nakamura wrote: > > > >> The biggest water usage is the rinse, but even that you can do in > >> about 2 liters if you're careful. > > > >Agreed. I have been doing it this way and if you follow the Ilford method > >(fill tank, 5 inversions, fill tank, 10 inversions, fill tank 20 > >inversions) there isn't a trace of fixer left. I usually double the first > >and last steps for good measure. The first, in order to rinse out the > >fixer, the last, because I still have water left over. > > > >A chemist (I think he was) tested Ilford's recommendation and his report > >is that it actually works. This is assuming your are using a fixer without > >hardener in it. > > > >Daniel > > What he also said, if we mean the same guy, is that it important to > 'sling' off as much water as possible from the film and the reels > between each rinse so that practically no water with hypo is > transferred from one washing bath to the other. Also empty the tank > completely between baths. > > Chris > -- > Christer Almqvist > D 20255 Hamburg and / or > F 50590 Regnéville sur Mer > > please look at my NEW b+w pictures at: http://www.almqvist.net/chris/dozen/ > > old pictures still at: http://www.almqvist.net/chris/new > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html