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Thread: HC110 or Pyrocat HD for FP4

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    Re: HC110 or Pyrocat HD for FP4

    Quote Originally Posted by Henry Ambrose View Post
    If you add the sulfite to part A well before use the developer won't last long at all.
    I started using sulfite to remove stain because I wanted to print on VC paper and didn't always like the slight tonal shifting effect that the stain gave. For some scenes it wasn't an issue but for photos of people I found it ugly. YMMV.

    I'm not sure there is anything to gain by removing the stain unless you're printing on VC paper. For scanning it does not matter at all. But its real easy to add just before use and you can choose each time depending on your purpose at the moment.
    Although I have never tested it I agree with Henry that addition of extra sulfite to Part A will probably make it go bad faster. Beside, for the most part I don't think that killing the stain is a good idea since it is mostly beneficial with most subjects. The best way to take advantage of this is to add the sulfite directly to the working solution in amounts of from 5 grams per liter to whatever amount it takes to completly kill, which should be around 10-15 grams per liter.

    If you want less stain with Pyrocat-HD as a general rule you could always double or triple the amount of metabisulfiite in the stock solution, and this would actually increase rather than decrease its shelf life. When you mix the working solution in water the metabisulfite converts to sulfite.

    You can get the same result, i.e. less stain and more energy, by adding ascobic acid directlly to the working solution. Again, will have to check my notes but as I recall this works like sulfite with about 1/5 the amount.

    The ability to control the stain and the energy of Pyrocat-HD with very small amounts of sulfite or ascorbic is a pretty powerful tool.

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    Re: HC110 or Pyrocat HD for FP4

    "Should I worry about the sulfite content of my fixer?"

    Sodium Sulfite acts as a stabilizer in Fixer.

    It is also the active ingredient in Hypo Clear or Washing Aid. (The other ingredients are stabilizers to increase shelf life.)

    As Sandy pointed out a while back, you can make your own one-shot Hypo Clear, with 1 teaspoon of Sodium Sulfite per liter of water.

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    Re: HC110 or Pyrocat HD for FP4

    Quote Originally Posted by Ken Lee View Post
    "Should I worry about the sulfite content of my fixer?"

    As Sandy pointed out a while back, you can make your own one-shot Hypo Clear, with 1 teaspoon of Sodium Sulfite per liter of water.

    Did I also mention that a sulfite solution mixed in water will go bad in a relatively short period of time? This is one of the reasons for the lack of consistent results with the old Kodak ABC Pyro formula, which had three stock solutions, one of them a sulfite solution in water. The developer was clean working when fresh, but after some time gave increasing levels of B+F stain.

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    Re: HC110 or Pyrocat HD for FP4

    I've reduced the Sodium Sulfite to 3 gm/liter, and the magenta cast is still gone.

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    Re: HC110 or Pyrocat HD for FP4

    It seems to depend on the film. With HP5+, 5 grams per liter is required.

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    Re: HC110 or Pyrocat HD for FP4

    Quote Originally Posted by Ken Lee View Post
    "Should I worry about the sulfite content of my fixer?"

    Sodium Sulfite acts as a stabilizer in Fixer.

    It is also the active ingredient in Hypo Clear or Washing Aid. (The other ingredients are stabilizers to increase shelf life.)

    As Sandy pointed out a while back, you can make your own one-shot Hypo Clear, with 1 teaspoon of Sodium Sulfite per liter of water.
    Just as an aside, can you use metabisulfite in water instead? Sandy indicates that this turns to sulfite anyway above? The reason I ask is metabisulfite is available from supermarkets here, where other chemicals are rather hard to get with no chemical retailers at all in the country.

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