Hi
I have just spent my evening trying to mix up a litre of this dev using the formula in Anchell's Darkroom Cookbook the sulfite dissolved after some time I then added the other chemicals in order but nothing seemed to dissolve properly and I ended up with a jug of sludge, when I first saw the formula in the book I thought the quantities of chemicals seemed rather high for 1 litre of solution, the formula from the book is :-
Water @ 52 deg. cent. 750ml
Sodium Sulfite anhydrous 180 grams
Hydroquinone 53 grams
Phenidone 2.2 grams
Benzotriazole 1.5 grams
Allow solution to cool to about 24 deg. Cent. before adding 35 grams of Sodium Hydroxide.
I did not get to adding the Sodium Hydroxide as the solution was alredy grossly over saturated.
Has any one else mixed this formula, is there a misprint in the book or am I being stupid ( I am quite used to making up various solutions from raw chemicals )
Any help much appreciated
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