Re: Some simple questions about Single-Tray Processing

On Feb 22, 9:06 am, dan.c.qu...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> On Feb 21, 2:08 am, Steven Woody wrote:
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> > Dan,
>
> > 1, What's the dillution you used for develo**** and fixer?
> > 2, What is your workflow?  ( i.e. how many fixing, how
> > many rinses, I mean how you do the one-tray thing
> > step by step )
>
>    My method is Very simple and direct; develop, fix.
> No stop bath and no rinses. Prints after the fix go into
> a hold and soak tray. I use non-woven polyester sheets
> to keep the prints separated. The same for the two
> following soaks. The last soak is overnight.
>
>    If I were to use D-72 I would make up one liter of
> working strength by diluting the full strength 1:7. That
> would be 125ml of stock plus 875ml of water. Use 1/3 of
> that liter of working strength for each 8x10. Allow 4 minutes
> of constant agitation for development. Turn the print over
> upon itself now and then to insure a thorough mixing
> of the fresh but very dilute solution

Thank you very much for your information.

>    Let me know which fixer you use so that I can suggest
> a dilution. I use sodium thiosulfate pure and simple. It is
> a dry concentrate which will keep for many years. I mix
> fresh fixer just prior to use.

I interested what you said pure hypo fixer and like to use it if
possible. Here are two questions about it:

1, How to mix it? ( in what temperature and what dillution )
2, It looks like Adams's plain fixer. What's the difference between
them?

And, because I still have one or two bottle of Ilford's rapid fixer.
If i want to use it, can you suggest a usage for me? Thanks.


>    BTW, if you are testing using 5x7 use 140ml of that
> dilute D-72. Dan