Have I Killed My XTOL Developer
I have just developed 2 sheets of 4x5 using Xtol which I use Replenished.
I have done something daft and was wondering if I may have now killed the Developer...
- I developed the film and then poured the developer into a Graduate
- I used my normal Stop Bath (Ilford's) and then poured that back into it's own bottle through a plastic funnel
- About 5 minutes later I poured the developer from the graduate back into it's own bottle but I used the same funnel without cleaning the funnel
Could I have now killed the developer by using the same funnel ?
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Probably not because the amount of stop bath left on the funnel after 5 minutes would be minimal compared to the volume of developer. Only way to find out is to process a test sheet but I doubt there will be any difference to normal.
If it had been fixer the answer would be quite different.
Ian
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IanG
Probably not because the amount of stop bath left on the funnel after 5 minutes would be minimal compared to the volume of developer. Only way to find out is to process a test sheet but I doubt there will be any difference to normal.
If it had been fixer the answer would be quite different.
Ian
Thanks Ian. BTW looks like your inbox is full :)
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IanG
Only way to find out is to process a test sheet
+1.
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Hello IanG,
You may test activity by piece of film cut from small format in room light.
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IanBarber
Thanks Ian. BTW looks like your inbox is full :)
Not any longer :D
Thinking about it while sat in the darkroom I realised the Sodium Metaborate buffering in the Xtol should easily cope with the slight trace of acidity from any residual Citrate from the stop-bath left on the funnel.
Ian
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IanG
Not any longer :D
Thinking about it while sat in the darkroom I realised the Sodium Metaborate buffering in the Xtol should easily cope with the slight trace of acidity from any residual Citrate from the stop-bath left on the funnel.
Ian
I will let you know tomorrow, just exposed a test sheet, will develop it in the morning :)
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IanBarber
You'll have learnt a useful lesson,I doubt you'll make the same mistake again :D
Ian
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IanG and friends, there is a huge difference between learning a useful lesson, and remembering it later when some grey hairs have appeared in one's toupee. I am proof of that statement....
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Peter Collins
IanG and friends, there is a huge difference between learning a useful lesson, and remembering it later when some grey hairs have appeared in one's toupee. I am proof of that statement....
Why? Did your Mom and Dad forget something, way back when?:confused: