Re: Another Fixer?


Richard Knoppow (dickburk@ix.netcom.com)
Wed, 19 May 1999 16:41:50 -0700


At 06:08 PM 5/19/99 -0300, you wrote:
>I believe, though I am not positive, that E-6 fixer is very similar to B+W
>fixer. Do a clip test - take a clip off your roll (just an inch of the
>leader, nothing with an image on it, and put it in the fixer. If it clears
>in 3 minutes, it will work, and you need to fix for 6 minutes (doubt the
>time to clear). If it does nothing, then it will not work.
>
>e,
>
>Eric Boutilier-Brown
>Halifax, NS, Canada
>
>Fine Photographic Art
>http://ebb.ns.ca
>
>Subject: Another Fixer?
>
>
>> Hello
>>
>> Thanks for the advice regarding my lack of fixer. I was just resigning
>> myseld to wait a couple of days before I could do my processing, when I
>> remembered that I have a Kodak E6 Processing kit. This includes some
>fixer,
>> but does anyone know if it will work with Kodak Tri-X B&W film?
>>
>> David Nash
>>
>>
>
>
  Kodak has a MSDS list on its site with a search engine:
http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/hse/prodSearchMSDS.shtml
  From the ingredients of E-6 fixer listed here it seems to be an ammonium
thiosulfate non-hardening fixer.
  As suggested you should test it with a scrap to determine the clearing
time for the emulsion you want to fix.
----
Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles,Ca.
dickburk@ix.netcom.com



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