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RE: fixing van dyke



On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 16:09:05 +0300, "Loris Medici"
<mail@loris.medici.name> said:
> Oh? I see... Perhaps using the non-hardening rapid fixer will do well -
> Is your remark is about the hardening rapid fixer (or is it about the
> other)?

It's a partly pH issue. Non-hardening isn't enough to secure that part.
It's also partly ammonium ion issue. I can't exactly predict how this
plays in this picture, but unless you compensate with a greater dilution
it may work againt you.