I compounded my first batch of Pyrocat-HD last week. My test sheet of 7x17 film (EFKE 100), came out very thin, and with no stain at all. It looked exactly like what I would have expected if the developer were formulated without the Pyrocatechol. Has anyone else had this problem?
I bought my pyro from artcraft chemicals. I noticed that it had a particularly strong and unpleasant smell - quite choking when weighing it out. It was in caked yellow form in the jar. It is a detergent type smell, niether sweet like decomposed developer, nor sulfurous.
I was thinking that I might not be able to use Pyrocat-HD because even in working solution the smell is noticably unpleasent.
So, given that my neg came out with no stain and my pyro has a terrible smell, is it possible that I have a bad batch of pyro? Is pyrochatechol supposed to smell that bad?
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