I tried to reticulate Tri X once and it was quite difficult as those films
have anti-reticulation layer(s). Using a tank of stop bath (stainless
steel ) sitting in an ice bath, did the trick.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dirk Wright" <wright@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 10:37 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] "Squiggles" in Tri-X
|
| >I wrote to EK's tech folks not too long ago about this -- they said most
| >city tap water (U.S.) was actually preferred over distilled. You might
| >want to write them and confirm, but I suspect the chemicals added by a
| >softener-system would not be recommended anyway. I doubt that was your
| >problem, though.
| >
|
| I suppose that it is possible that Kodak has formulated thier chemicals
for
| use with city water to make it more fool proof for the average user.
| --
| Be Seeing You.
| Dirk Wright
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