Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/22

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Subject: [Leica] Ups and downs of stop baths?
From: ericm at pobox.com (Eric)
Date: Tue Nov 22 16:04:32 2005
References: <4cfa589b0511221455w1de5d0d0p160703dbc594a087@mail.gmail.com>

Adam:

>So what's the thinking here? The stop bath gets in the way of fixing
>later? Has some bad effect on film grain? I would assume that it would
>be a good thing to quickly stop the development process.

I use Xtol.  Usually either 1:3 or 1:1.

I haven't noticed a difference with using either Kodak's indicator stop bath
or a regular water rinse.  If I don't see any difference, why bother with an
extra chemical?  So I use water only.  Haven't noticed any ill effects.

That's my sole reason for going with water.  With how I develop film, I
don't see any benefit to using stop.  Between developing and fixing, I rinse
out my tank several times.  At least 3.  Swash it around.  Gargle.  Spit.
Repeat.




--
Eric
http://canid.com/

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