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Old 8th January 2020, 03:49 PM
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Well done for testing, it all helps to understand what we can and can't get away with. Thanks for posting the experience. Appreciated.
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Old 8th January 2020, 03:57 PM
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Thanks Terry -- good to know I don't have to dissolve the crystals. I'd never heard of anyone doing this before reading Pete's post.

Re. dead Rodinal, I am aware that some of the formulations from recent non-Agfa makers have had issues with early death. As a matter of std. practice I am now doing a clip test before submitting any roll to even slightly aged fixers and developers (Rodinal-type and all others) just to make sure they are still good. I will most certainly do this with my old APH-09, as I am not confident it will still be active.
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Old 8th January 2020, 04:02 PM
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As a matter of std. practice I am now doing a clip test before submitting any roll to even slightly aged fixers and developers (Rodinal-type and all others) just to make sure they are still good. I will most certainly do this with my old APH-09, as I am not confident it will still be active.
So do I now Svend - especially since my Rodinal blank film shock. I do it with all film developers now, even fresh ones. It doesn't take long to do and it's well worth knowing in advance if the developer - of any age - is still any good.

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It was the first time I tried to dissolve 'RODINAL' crystals BUT I have done it with Part A of a C41 process kit I got from 'CPAC Chemistry' some years ago as that is the Alkali and I was finding the dev was not active enough so I dissolved the crystals by Microwave gentle warming.
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Old 10th January 2020, 08:37 PM
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The microwave has many uses for which it was not originally intended. I give colour film developer a bit of microwave treatment to heat the working solution that I am going to store until I need it. Get it up to about 40-50c in 150cc bottles and then screw on the cap. As it cools it forms a partial vacuum. I have three bottles left from my last mix made 5 months ago and it is as good now as when it was prepared.
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Re-reading this thread, it should be pointed out that using the kitchen microwave oven to warm or dissolve chemicals in, could be dangerous to peoples health.

Even AA had a dedicated one in his darkroom to dry test-prints.

They are not as expensive or as large as they use to be and just checking Argos, they start at £55.00; Asda at £45.00 and eBay at £49.00, although there are currently DOZENS, upon DOZENS of really cheap ones (under a tenner!) for PICK UP ONLY. All you have to do is adjust the search to 'Sort: Nearest first', to see if any ovens are ready for pick up near you. I could get one for £10.00 if I wanted to travel 10 miles.

One could also check 'Freecycle' or charity shops and the like.

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