From: garimo (omirag@cruzio.com)
Date: 11/26/01-12:34:27 PM Z
>Don't use the PMK spent developer afterbath as Hutchings recommends; Bob
>Herbst says this only adds non proportional stain which amounts to base plus
>fog and longer platinum printing times. His article appeared in View Camera
>Mag a while back, with all his graphs proving this. I quit doing the
>afterbath and my negs are perfectly stained, and fine.
>Chris
I haven't been using PMK very long, but when I first started my negs
were very stained, often unusable. I guess it was due to too much
oxidation with my rotary tank. Then someone told me to exchange the
developer with fresh developer half way through the development. So far
this has been a huge improvement in reducing the stain and over all
quality of the negs. I also stopped using the after bath because I
clearly didn't need more staining.
So, my questions are, what are the differences between PMK, and
>both ABC+ and Pyrocat-HD?
Are some Pyro developers easier to use than others??
garimo
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