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Old 23rd October 2016, 04:29 PM
John King John King is offline
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Default C41

As I mentioned before, I have been processing C41 for 26 years and I have always followed the same method.

1. No wet tempering bath, the tank is always warmed sitting in the JOBO as soon as the water heater is switched on and only removed imediately before filling with developer.

2. Development 3mins 15 secs development at 38c

3. Bleach immediately afterwards - no water rinse for 7 mins

4. Water rinse for 30secs

5. Fix for 7 mins

6. 6 x water rinse for 30secs each

7. Stabilser bath 1 min - full tank with no agitation

8. Hang to dry for as long as it takes.

The length of time for bleaching and fixing is extended by 1 minute each by personal preference.

In the time I mentioned I have used C41 kits from AGFA (until they went bust) Fuji, Tetenal, and Rollie Digibase all with the same sequence and temperature for processing perhaps close on 750 rolls and cassettes. I have made a mess of perhaps a handfull but that was not down to deviating from my sequence - it was me being clumsy! Yes I use a JOBO CPE2 which makes things easier but the tempering bath mentioned by the original poster will do just as well.
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