?HC-110 as a Print Developer?

Kudos to Joe....

Last week I ran out of paper developer and wondered if the HC-110 would

work. Many thanks to Patrick and Dan, I'm going to try their suggestion
this
coming weekend. 8=).


Regards.


Bob McCarthy

Joe wrote:

UC wrote:


Because most of these 'questions' are a waste of our time!



Rofl. Answering questions with questions is a waste of OUR time.



Not really. It's a waste of his time. I'm wasting my time pointing this
out. That's all right. Time is all I have to waste.

Mike wrote:

On Sun, 05 Mar 2006 18:19:36 -0800, David Nebenzahl wrote:



PATRICK GAINER spake thus:



David Nebenzahl wrote:



spake thus:



Has anyone experimented with using HC-110 as a print developer?


Sorry to sound like UC on this one, but my question is, why? What's
wrong with Dektol or [insert name of favorite paper developer here]?



About 1 oz HC110 syrup per quart + 1 tbs washing soda and you'll think
you have Dektol.


Again, why would I want to do that when I can just *buy Dektol*?




Because Dektol comes as a powder. Kodak's liquid paper developer
concentrate, Polymax T, goes bad after a year.

I didn't ask the question, but I'm intrigued and plan on trying it out.
If HC-110 + washing soda works like Dektol, I have myself a new paper
developer. HC-110 is convenient and the concentrate lasts a LOONNGG time.

Patrick, do you know of any easy PC-TEA paper developer formula?




Surely. If you have PC-TEA on hand, do it the same way as HC110. If you
make the solution strong enough, you won't need the carbonate. You will
probably want to add some bromide. HC110 has a bromide expedient built
in. Many printers keep a bottle of bromide or BXT solution on hand.
Sometimes you need more than others.

Mike King wrote:

I would try Dil. A (only to keep processing times down).
darkroommike


I see by one source a 3ml minimum per roll of 120
whatever the dilution. If so there is certainly enough
chemistry in 3ml of concentrate to fully develop
an 8 x 10 print.
To test, process one-shot using dilution F and a
solution volume of 250ml. Add some carbonate, split
the 250 into 2, 125s, and test with 2, 5 x 7 sheets. Note
the time for first emergence; induction time. I test for
3 and 5 minutes to ensure complete development.

Ballpark-on-the-light-side exposures are best for these
tests as complete development is easier to see. If I
see little increase in density at 5 minutes over 3
then 5 is enough. A bit more Na2CO3 and/or
concentrate and 3 minutes will do.

All that to make high mileage of the chemistry. Dan