Re: Re air bells or" mold -looking holes "

[Bill Agee <billagee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>    I have had the same problem with D-76 stock and 1:1 mixed with
>distilled water . I get up to 1 mm diameter light areas in the negs
>primarilly in even toned areas like skies . I have been using a 5 min.
>prewash using ditilled water and 3 inversions per min. agitation in a
>stainless 4 roll tank . After each agitation I tapped the tank on the table
>and tapped the side of the tank with sissors to remove air bubbles . I
>do use the light tight lid to pour chemistry in and out including the pre-
>wash but this has not been a problem with my HC-110 dil. B .
>   Anyone else had similar problems with D-76 or other developers and
>HIE film ?
>
>Glad to be a member of the group .
>Peter Smith
>
>psphoto@xxxxxxxxxx
>Thunder Bay  On.
>Canada
>
>

I have had no problem with HIE using HC110 dilution B (1-31 from the
bottle) and using a one to two minute prewet of the film.  No pinholes, no
funny blotches, etc.  Remember also, that over agitating will cause surge
marks on any 35mm film as the developer races through the sprocket holes as
Bernouli's (sp?) law predicts.

One of the problems with D-76 (a mix from powder product) is that some
people never get all the powder into dilution.  I have had problems with
other black and white films and D-76 in the past...therefore going to HC110
and never looking back.  HC110 starts out as a syrup and completely
disolves in H20.

My website gives a faq about using HIE for those who haven't already seen it.

Bill Agee



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