Hi Ian,
Thanks for the insight. Some good advice there. I had never considered adding wetting agent to developers. Some of my homebrew D76 gave me bubbles, even in the relatively moderate-hardness water at home in Ontario. It caused the bubbles to show up as uneven development on the top edges of the negs where they were trapped by the reels. My fix was rather aggressive banging of the tank after each inversion cycle, but I'd rather not have to do that as it's chipped the bottoms of my Patterson tanks...I fear that a tank will explode on my one day, that's how hard I have to whack it. A drop or two of Photoflo is a great idea. Thanks for the tip.
Re. filter jug - do you mean the Brita type? That's what we can get here...not sure if you know that brand in the UK. They are available everywhere, so can easily pick one up. Good option to a big 5 gallon jug of DM water. Would you recommend using it for mixing stock solutions too, or only diluting?
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Svend
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