Dave very shortly all of us in the U.K. and most of us now are/will be on metered water. Certainly I have been for a number of years. Presumably the real benefit comes with FB paper where water usage can be significant. As I recall things, the water wash with RC is very short and I assume that with RC the wash time is at or near an irreducible minimum such that a switch to alkali fixer for RC prints would make little or no difference to water consumption. Am I right?
As a matter of interest have you worked out, even roughly, the water saving with alkali fixer for printing? For instance to give a "handle" on the change in consumption let's assume the Ilford routine of 5 mins wash, 10 mins Washaid and 5 mins wash. What is likely to be the saving in washing time here? Maybe better still, what were the changes to your routine since converting to alkali fixer. Thanks
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