Minimum fixer time is twice the time to clear the white fog. Less than archival
fix will allow the negative to degrade over several years to decades. If you are
worried about it re wash and re fix then wash with hypo clear.
Richard Heather
R Duarte wrote:
> hmm.. i just developed film for the first time in my bathroom. about 5
> rolls, 35mm and 120. all seemed to work well except i realized near the end
> that i was using the paper dilution of fixer.. 1+7 instead of 1+3. for what
> it's worth, the ilford chart says to fix for 2-5 mins and i did it for at
> least 5 mins each time (about 6 by accident twice).
>
> what's going to happen? will the film police come after me? is my family
> going to suffer dire consequences because of my stupidity? and how do you
> all keep track of 2 dilutions of fixer, 2 or 3 dilutions of developer, and
> stop bath. i don't have enough containers (or room!).
>
> anyway, let me know if there's anything i can do or if i should just deal
> with the fact that these negatives are going to discolor over time or
> something. (how long do they have if that's the case?)
>
> sorry for the darkroom question, but they're pinhole images on the film. :)
>
> thanks for any help..
>
> rob
>
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Received on Tue Jan 1 23:09:48 2002
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