In washing some film yesterday it occurred to me that dunking the film in hypoclear right after fixing is probably not the most efficient thing to do -- after all, at that stage the hypoclear is merely "neutralizing" the fixer that that can be easily removed with a short rinse, and so most of the hypoclear is simply being wasted & is expended on large amounts of fixer that can be more easily rinsed off.
So shouldn't the hypoclear step be saved until after the wash has had a chance to get rid of the bulk of fixer, leaving the small amount that can then be removed chemically with hypoclear?
(Of course you still need to wash the hypoclear out too.)
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