[Leica] Attack of the purple chemistry: JOBO, T-MAX, and XTOL

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Subject: [Leica] Attack of the purple chemistry: JOBO, T-MAX, and XTOL
From: reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid)
Date: Sun Aug 1 12:43:43 2004
References: <4cfa589b040801123656e900e6@mail.gmail.com>

I always get purple out of my hypo clearing bath, which is the last actual 
chemical.

> The results appear to be okay (I was using 1:1 XTOL and the Kodak
> recommended times as a starting point) but the effluent chemistry was
> a most definite PURPLE. Was the chemistry bad? I've had batches of
> Tri-X that resulted in purple chemistry but not THIS purple.

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