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Re: plain hypo for fixing film?

To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
Subject: Re: plain hypo for fixing film?
From: "Robert g. Hall" <Robert@RobertHallPhotography.com>
Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 14:28:52 -0600
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Quoting Shannon Stoney <shannonstoney@earthlink.net>:

> I have some plain hypo crystals that I want to use to fix films. I have
> 
> always used Ilford liquid rapid fixer up to this point.  What kind of
> solution should I make with plain hypo to fix film?  Is the fixing time
> the
> same (5 minutes has been my time)?
> 
> --shannon
> 
> 

I mix 240 gr/liter of water and add about 30 gr sodium sulfite. Used 
straight. Fix a piece of film and measure how long it takes to clear. 
Double the time and use that time for how long keep your film in the fix.

R


Robert G. Hall
Robert Hall Photography
www.RobertHallPhotography.com
Robert@RobertHallPhotography.com

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