If you want to use something that isn't store bought and made for photographic use, if you live near the ocean or a sea, wash your film and prints in sea water ( it was the inspiration for fixer remover to begin with ) and do a final wash with plain water.
Inspiration, yes, but seawater doesn't work as well as HCA plus it can contain a lot of other things (especially near the beach - the US Navy was processing film at sea in the open ocean in the 1940s. Things were a lot cleaner then). And, I can't imagine going to the beach and lugging up a bucket full of seawater to the darkroom every time I needed to wash film... My jars of sodium sulfite and bisulfite are handy and quick.Originally Posted by jnantz
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Doremus
after reading all the answers here I will go to sodium sulfite and bisulfite. The sea is not that far from the darkroom but then again salt water still has to wash out [one step too much].
Doremus, nice photos at your site !
joho
don't forget you still have to wash out the sodium sulfite and bisulfite / fixer remover .
don't forget to have fun
I've been gone for almost 30 years and NOTHING has changed! ;-)
Thanks joho! It's nice when my images resonate with someone.
Doremus
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