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J V McLure
5-May-2009, 20:28
I have a big jug of Arista Premium Liquid Film Developer that has not been diluted. It has been open for a little over a year. The jug is almost full. Is it shot or will it still work?

Pat Kearns
5-May-2009, 21:01
By being opened if you mean that the bottle had been open at one time and the cap had been tightly replaced it may still be okay. I have had Tmax RS developer that had not been diluted but I slowly used well over the course of a year which remained okay. I've never used the developer you mentioned so I would use a test sheet before chancing an important negative just to remain on the safe side.