From: Judy Seigel (jseigel@panix.com)
Date: 01/16/03-07:29:10 PM Z
On Thu, 16 Jan 2003, Neil Miller wrote:
>
> I expose for between 4 and 15 minutes (depending on the neg) under a
> bank of UV lights, rinse under running tapwater for 5 mins, fix in a
> bath of 25g plain hypo crystals in 100cc of tapwater for 2 mins then
> wash for 20 mins. I used to use 50g of hypo crystals to a litre of
> water and fix for 5 mins, but this seriously bleached the prints to an
> unacceptable degree. The print turns a gorgeous colour when it hits the
> fix, but then fades away, hence the lower concentration (2.5%?).
>
> I am tempted to think that the fix is not removing all the residual
> silver, but I have heard of people who omit the fix altogether and they
> have not reported this problem. I do change the fix frequently. If
> anyone has any ideas, I would be very grateful to read them.
>
> Many thanks,
> Neil.
>
>
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