I've now used XTOL twice, and have noticed the same thing. I can see
the bubbles in the flask before I pour it into the tank. It almost
looks like 7-Up. If I rap the flask down three times, like I do after
agitation with the tank, the bubbles decrease but are still there. But
both of my films have been fine - with no evidence of uneven
development. I've always used tap water, because my water's pretty good
here. I wonder if distilled water would make any difference.
Thanks,
Ed
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> I've just started using XTOL. I developed a few rolls of TX,
> and agitated as I did with other developers (invert once
> every minute, for 3 to 5 seconds, hitting the tank afterwards
> to get rid of bubbles), I'm getting a bunch of dark dots in
> some frames, it looks like bubbles formed on the film and
> didn't let the developer do its thing.
>
> I haven't had this problem with TMAX developer, agitating in
> the same way. Is there anything special about XTOL? Any
> tricks to help the bubble situation?
>
> Thanks,
>
> j
>
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