Recent content by Denis OLIVIER

Thanks, we are always interested in what you will find on your side, keep us informed :)

Welcome, and yes this is still not clear for me. Filtering just before dilution avoided the problem and I admit I didn't pay attention to it after mixing 25+ 1L XT-3 packages. For those who want to know, I used as filters first basic coffee ones, then finally switch to qualitative Whatman GRADE...

Currently I don't pay too much attention to it. I think it occurred when I was dispatching solution in small 250 ml bottles only. Since 1 year I finally save it in a 1 liter dedicated plastic bottle. For sure I use mainly real distilled (not demineralized) water and still use magnetic agitation...

Hi everyone :) Happy to give you a good update about this. I changed water supplying, from demineralized "common" water in supermarket to distilled one I do now with a water distiller machine, and it is perfect. I really deeply appreciate @ADOX Fotoimpex effort to communicate with end users...

Hi all, still a mystery to me. There should be something that breaks the process but I can't found it. Their never dissolved, even with more water or by warming the bottles in bain-marie. I use distilled water, I did soooo many preparation since 1994, with soooo many developers, having this case...

Hello guys, I kept 2 bottles of the batch I did in June 4, and they have again these needles. My preceding post mentioned a warmer water and "more - different - efficient" agitation, this doesn't solve the problem. On July 17, I had finally a reply from Adox, telling me they will ask their...

Hi to all, Small update about this thread. The diluted powder with warmer water seems better, still no crystal in the bottles. I tried to use the "compromised batch", filtering it before, then had processed with success an Ilford Pan-F and a Kodak T-Max 400. Thanks again all for your inputs...

Thanks to ask, It's from recent production.

Next batch in preparation. I started at 26°C, different from my room at 20.3°C I usually use. Let see how it goes. Funny I never noticed it, but for "German" people the limit is 27°C and for "others" it's 29°C 😅

Hi all, thank you for all your replies. Currently I didn't used these bottles for processing films as I still don't know how it affects the processing (or not). I mention again it doesn't appear after mixing, the solution is clear, and some bottles have been used with success. I discovered it...

Thanks for your input. The color is the bottle color (chemical brown colored glass), not the developer one. It is not the first time I noticed it, and generally I was avoiding the batch or the bottle when I see it. Just this time I decide myself to ask some questions 🙂

I will try later to warm a little bit more the water, even I never done it. But why this appear later, when I don't have it say 24 hours after mixing? Update: 6 hours after agitation, and in warm bath for 1 hour it is not dissolved, even if particles are smaller.

Thanks for replying, I will see how I can warm it a little bit. Yes, all is possible, but I agitate with a magnetic agitator and don't hurry up doing it, much more longer agitated than the 2-3 minutes specified in doc. More like 15 to 30 mn for each parts. Maybe it's too long finally? Other...

Hello This is not the first time I see that, and I wonder what it is. This XT-3 1 liter stock has 2 weeks, and is stored in 4 x 250 glass bottles, filled up the cap. It’s just like small glitter dusts, sparks or crystal needles that dissolve slowly (for eyes, not sure at molecular level)...

Yes you are right, well seen. They have the same height, so I don't think it's 127 which is much larger. But I have both thinner (more turns) and larger (less turns) wire types of "135" :)