Re: reusing diluted developer ?

[George L Smyth <glsmyth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 4 Nov 1999, Eckhard Stephan wrote:

> Hello everyone,
> 
> over the last few weeks I did some development tests with HIE / Konica
> IR and diluted developers (D-76 1:1 and XTOL 1:1; 1:2). So far I haven't
> tried to reuse the diluted developer, because Kodak tells you not to do
> this. But maybe they simply want to sell their chemicals...;-) So what
> are your experiences? Is it possible to reuse diluted developer and if
> yes, how many times does the solution work ?

Reusing developer that is not designed to be used that way is asking for
trouble.  D76 can be reused with replenishment, but if you are not
following their directions you risk underdeveloping your negatives.

Developer is cheap, so using it one-shot is the only reasonable course.
There are other, better ways to save money.

george

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