Originally Posted by
Drew Wiley
Well, the alkalinity of TF4 certainly helps with respect to more efficient removal of any residual dyes, though there are post-fixing ways of doing that too. I like the speed and convenience of a single step prior to washing. That was especially important when I was working my butt off all week long, and needed to squeeze in darkroom work into my tight schedule as efficiently as possible. But if I seem to have more time after retirement, the gradual drain off of surplus energy with advancing age amounts to the same thing - wanna get it done efficiently enough that I have plenty of time and energy left over for more important aspects of the overall darkroom experience.
Plus, needing to shake those jugs of TF4 before measuring out the concentrated solution helps to wake one up if the morning coffee didn't sufficiently do that already.
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