----- Original Message ----- From: "Walter Hamler" Subject: Tri-X in Dektol
> "Try putting a little borax into the developer. 5Mule team is as good as > any. I'm not sure how much or what it's going to do to the developer time. > I't start with a tablespoon of borax in a pint of developer and go from > there." > > I think you mean KBr, Potassium Bromide, don't you? Borate is an > acelerator > which will increase the fog level. Bromide is a restrainer which will help > reduce the fog level. It doesn't take much, maybe 2 or 3 grams per liter. > Otherwise, developing a couple rolls of fogged film in the diluted > solution > first will put a little KBr in the solution and cut the edge so to speak. > We used to hot soup Plus-X and Tri-X in Dektol for 30 sec at 80*F, fix, > rinse, and wet print back in the Navy days for RUSH assignments (ie, the > ones for the Admirals wife!) Duh!!! In my own defence, it was almost 40 years ago that I studied this stuff. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
