Originally Posted by
SeanEsopenko
I spent more time on this issue. I've got some masks I did a while ago with 4x5 FP4 that I was registering by eye and they don't have the pink/purple base colour. That's why I brought up this issue in a thread. They appear to have had all the antihalation dye to rinse out fine. I have some 5x7 FP4 I'm using now because it makes it easier to use with a pin registration device but the anti-halation dye isn't rinsing out.
I thought maybe it was because I was using a different developer (Ilfosol 3 instead of D76 like before) so I went back to D76 and it still didn't fix it. I pre-soaked the negatives for 5 minutes instead of 30 seconds like I usually do and it still didn't fix it. I'm now under the impression that I just won't get all the anti-halation out of this box of 5x7 FP4 and that Ilford changed something in their production (the 4x5 I was using for masking before was expired when I purchased it).
I'm thinking of trying Tmax 100 because I've heard multiple accounts that it's anti-halation dyes rinse out easier. Anybody care to share their experience as to which films rinse out to a neutral film base the best?
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