Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The only XTOL I found are in 5 liter size powder form. How could that be easy to mix or did I miss something obvious? Any case, I developed my first Tri X roll in DDX tonight. Should be dried real soon now. DDX works well enough for HP5+. Cost isn't a major factor. Couldn't be more than $.25 per roll? At 12:40 AM 9/22/2005, Daniel Ridings wrote: >Richard, >Xtol is a cinch to mix up. I'd mix up some Xtol instead of monkeying >around with DDX. I've gone that route myself. I had to have DDX around >(the only developer I got to work with Delta 3200) but didn't have any >use for it with any other film. > >Just mix up more Xtol. It's cheap (DDX isn't). > >Daniel > >On 9/21/05, Richard <richard-lists@imagecraft.com> wrote: > > Hi Dan, possibly. The XTOL working solution is ~7-8 months old. Last 2 > > months I store it in one of those "accordian" style bottle to minimize > > the > > air contact but it was in a plain bottle prior to that. I just mixed a > > batch of Ilfotec DDX a couple weeks ago. I think I will switch to that > > for > > the next roll and pour the remaining XTOL out. Can't be more than 500 ml > > left anyway. // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please use richard at imagecraft.com)