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Old 29th July 2020, 02:25 PM
Alan Clark Alan Clark is offline
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Ian, with no running water in my darkroom, print washers are out, so I use the following method.
Fresh fixer at 1+4. Print in fixer for a timed one minute.

Print then goes into an empty tray, and a pint of fresh water is poured on it, and agitated for about a minute, then discarded.

Print then goes in a tray of Wash Aid/hypo clear for five minutes with occasional agitation.

Print then goes in a holding tray of water.

At the end of printing the prints are put in empty, clean, trays , 2 or 3 to a tray, and immersed in fresh water.

After 10 minutes, with occasional agitation, the water is changed, then changed again after a further 10 minutes. Then the prints are hung up to dry.

I believe this is more or less the method recommended by Ilford. Apparently the fixer leaches out without the need for constant running water.

Alan
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