Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/07/19

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Subject: [Leica] over fixed?
From: firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)
Date: Tue Jul 19 15:08:45 2005
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I don't use stop bath with my developing: I wash twice in water at 24C 
then into the fix. HC-110 1:63 has stopped well with that.

On 20/07/2005, at 6:24 AM, Scott McLoughlin wrote:

> I use HC-110 1:63.  This dilution puts me in the 9-13 minute
> range for most films/EI's.
>
> Will a water stop do it for me?  I worry, just because HC-110 is
> known to be such an active developer.
>
> Also, I use pretty common fixers - Ilford Rapid Fix and Sprint
> Speed Fixer. Easy to find here in DC.  Are these "acidic fixers" ?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Scott
>
> John Black wrote:
>
>>
>>> John,
>>> Your experiments prove that switching to a neutral fixer is a good
>>> thing.  The typical acidic rapid fix will in fact serve as a very 
>>> mild
>>> bleach.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> This is quite true.  The only reason to use an acid fix is to kill the
>> developer quickly.  Developers that are low energy (and low pH) like 
>> diluted
>> Xtol do not require instant quenching like Rodinal, TMax and the 
>> various D76
>> derivatives.  If your developing time exceeds 8 minutes, a water stop 
>> is all
>> that is needed.
>>
>> JB
>>
>>
>>
>>
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