Re: Xtol

[Fred Greenspan <greenspan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

John,

This is interesting. Your mention of oxidation and distilled water brings up
two thoughts as to why I haven't experienced these problems with Xtol. First,
I am on well water and filter it through a whole house filter. So, there is no
chlorine, or other chemical additives other than the normal minerals. Second,
I store my stock solution in Falcon collapsable jugs, the brown plastic ones
that you compress down to the liquid level before capping. I don't dilute the
stock until just before I'm ready to process and only dilute enough for that
run. This may explain my "good luck" with Xtol. 

Thanks for the heads-up!-Fred

PHOTO-TECH wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 12 Dec 2000 00:48:47 -0400, you wrote:
> 
> >Thanks for the warning, but I haven't found this to be true.
> 
>         Very, very many have. I once did a Deja-dig and
> found that there were over 1400 posts regarding Xtol and
> with the general consensus being that the ascorbate is too
> susceptible to oxidation and other problems. Hence the
> suggestion of using distilled water.
> 

> Regards,
> 
>                             John S. Douglas
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