I've decided to give AZO a try, after seeing some of the prints I received from APUG members (thanks to all), and have been looking into sources for amidol. Can those of you who use it tell me why you prefer to buy from Photographer's Formulary or Artcraft? Can the PF amidol for azo package be used gradually, or must it be mixed all at once and used within 8 hours (a big drawback if it's so)? How much do you save by using AC and mixing it yourself? Finally, are there any restrictions on mailing these chems overseas? One more thing, if you wanted to try a pyro developer that'd be good both for enlarging and contact printing, for tray development, which would you choose? Or would you not use pyro for enlarging? Thanks a lot,

GB

P.S. I'd post this on the AZO forum, but it seems especially inactive lately. Anyone know why?