Michael J. Noonan
(K=-17) - Comment Date 3/28/2002
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I had read on another site that white spots can happen from a lack of agitation during developement. If anybody has any tips on agitating a print in the developing tray I would gladly accecpt them.
Thanks,
-mn
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al shaikh
(K=15790) - Comment Date 3/29/2002
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Mike can you be more specific about what you are calling flakes. Are they permanently on the print, are they just in the developer/stop/fixer?
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Nigel Smith
(K=3834) - Comment Date 4/1/2002
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At what point do you notice the flakes? If it's during processing, I'd be trying mixing the developer/fix/fixer in distilled water. If it's during the wash then maybe investigating some kind of filtering might help. I personally doubt it's insufficient agitation since I'm pretty slack in that area myself, you might get uneven development though.
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Michael J. Noonan
(K=-17) - Comment Date 4/2/2002
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Thanks for the responce guys, this would happen in the wash step. Actually, I let the prints sit in a tub of water while I processed more, then wash all at once. As Nigel suggested in my other post, ( photography help forum ), I will try washing the prints right away.
Do you use a hypo-clearing agent or need not I bother??
thanks,
-mn
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Andrew Gawronski
(K=679) - Comment Date 12/2/2003
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Howard Kennedy
(K=420) - Comment Date 12/15/2003
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If you live in a "hard water" area, ie: where there is a lot of limestone or chalk in the water supply, then you need to mix your chemicals with de-ionised distilled water or at the very least use a filter system. The Brita type drinking water filters are fine for filtering your water.
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