What about your solution temperatures? Are they close to the same? I had problems with emulsions when I tried to lower the developer temperature to 20C, but left the other solutions at the room temp of 33C.
juan
What about your solution temperatures? Are they close to the same? I had problems with emulsions when I tried to lower the developer temperature to 20C, but left the other solutions at the room temp of 33C.
juan
Had the same problem years ago with D-76 1+3. The solution was to use just water instead of stop.
so perhaps the stop bath could be it? ..
I guess the temperatures are not exactly the same but I don't thing there is a large discrepancy between solutions
I use Xtol stock and also had the same problem. It went away when I used a water stop. For some reason an acid stop seems to do something to the emulsion.
I read somewhere that this can be caused by to much iron in your tapwater: the tiny iron particles rect with the silver on the neg and leave thise tiny dots. Try googling for "Iron" and "Xtol".
To solve the problem try to use de-mineralized water to make concentrate as well as the dillution.
I use cheap de-mineralized water for YXtol and all is fine - as well with Foma 100.
just for the sake of knowledge.. the spots went away with the water stop =P
I should have read this thread before.
I get the same spots with XTOL 1:1 and Fomapan 400. I'm going to try pure water as stop bath the next time. I only use demineralized water for everything and develop in Jobo 3005 drum on CPA2.
But it is strange: If I work under the same conditions with Ilford HP5+ I don't get this spots.
Best,
Johannes
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