Pyrocat is definitely meant to be used as a one-shot and discard developer, and especially when using minimum amounts of solution as we do with Jobo processing.
That said, I am surprised that your second bath of film came out totally clear. I would have expected the negatives to be weak and quite highly stained from using the developer a second time, but the fact that they were clear could indicate some other issue.
Sandy King
I'm almost positive I took the dark slide out before pressing the cable release
the developing time for the 1st 6 sheets (hp5) was 13min, the 4 sheets of fp4 was 8 minutes.
Wow, different film for the 2nd run, too. That is tempting fate, I would say. If I had some shots that I cared about, and had never used a certain developer, I would start with just developing one sheet, at the very least, to see how it goes. (More likely, I would shoot a test target and check the dev. with a sensitometer, actually)
But this is how we learn. I'll never forget having to go back to a customer with blank film in about 1983. I remember that guy just about every time I pour in the fixer.
JY
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