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Fuji Hunt c41 Stop part C of the developer going off
To prevent part C turning into gooey black tar store it in a glass bottle. I have stored part C of the developer in a glass bottle with small blast of butane gas in it now for 8 months without the chemical changing its colour. The developer still works as it should. I do this because I only mix the 5ltr kit in 1 ltr batches when required. I develop 4 films at a time and then put the developer back into the 1 ltr stock solution. I get 12 films developed per ltr without any detrimental effects.
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Good to know, Norm. For whatever reason I have nightmares about C41 chemicals failing which may well be unfounded and yet strangely I am much more relaxed about B&W.
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The other way is to mix the full kit at one go. This will stabilise the degeneration. Store the diluted mix in glass bottles. Say for a 2.5 litre kit, store 2 litres in 4 x 500cc bottles and the remainder in 100cc bottles. I am using Digibase C41 which I mixed about 6 months ago and it has only discoloured by a small amount and is still very usable.
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