Ilford PQ Universal in the US

R. Connelly (ronconn@u.washington.edu)
Wed, 06 Aug 1997 07:32:04 -0700 (PDT)

I was recently given a bottle of Ilford Universal developer, and thinking
it might be the same as Ilford PQ Universal, I took Terry's advice and
developed some lith film with it (1:9 dilution). Unfortunately, it made my
lith film look like lith film. I contacted Ilford to see if they market a
US equivalent of PQ Universal. Below is their response. Apparently,
Multigrade developer is the closest to PQ. I hope to give it a try within
the next week. Has anyone used Ilford Multigrade to develop lith film?

Ron Connelly

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 06 Aug 1997 08:42:20 -0700
From: ilfordts@ix.netcom.com
To: ronconn@u.washington.edu
Subject: Re: PQ Universal Developer

ronconn@u.washington.edu wrote:

> Someone in the UK has recommended that I try Ilford PQ Universal
> developer. However, this product is not sold in the US, at least not
> under that name. Is PQ Universal the same as Ilford Universal Paper
> Developer? Or, can I obtain PQ Universal in the US?

The U.S. equivalent of that product is MULTIGRADE developer, not
UNIVERSAL. PQ can not be purchased in the U.S.