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Pour in. Four agitations left right, four agitation back front. Pour out. Pour in more. Four of each as before. Pour out. Pour in Fixer. Start clock. Four of each repeated until first minute is up. Stand one minute. Four of each. Stand until that minute is up. Four of each again. Stand again. Keep doing it until the five minutes is up. Pour out fixer into jug. Wash according to Ilford method. For sheet film in the Paterson Orbital it is still the Ilford method but with the four of each agitation just continued for 10 seconds, then 20 seconds, then one minute, then another minute and two more minutes after that. Then a stand in water with 0.5ml of Mirasol in 500ml of water for one minute. Very slight agitation, more a roll round with the lid off so I can see that I make no bubbles, about every 15 seconds. Then carry tray and film through to drying cabinet. Clip up the film by a corner, still in the water. Lift it out smoothly and hang it up to drip dry. After five minutes blot the great big drop off each lower corner with a tightly folded tissue so that only the very edge of the corner actually gets touched. Then dry it.
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