Amidol 4 sale. Is it worth it?

jim appleyard · Dec 30, 2005

I've never tried amidol, but would like to. Here's a link to some for sale on ebay, but the seller says that the age of the amidol does not matter. That goes against everything I've ever read on the subject. Does age matter and is this a good buy? TIA

http://cgi.ebay.com/Kodak-AMIDOL-De...576263772QQcategoryZ29983QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Peter Schrager · Dec 30, 2005

Aged Amidol

Jim-the seller is right. As long as the contents were kept dry the amidol should be fine. Ask for a guarantee and try it immediately. You'll know in 1 minute if it works!
Best, Peter

Amund · Dec 30, 2005

When I was at Michael and Paula`s workshop in September, he used Amidol from 1905 IIRC....

David A. Goldfarb · Dec 30, 2005

Well, the stuff that Michael and Paula use, I gather, is much older. That said, I'm not sure what the attraction would be, when there is perfectly good amidol available currently, unless it stays cheap, which it probably won't since you've posted it on the forum. Even if there are no bids, it's not such a fantastic deal, given that it is untested. The current price at Artcraft is $49/100g or $195/lb.

Bob F. · Dec 30, 2005

jim appleyard said:
I've never tried amidol, but would like to. Here's a link to some for sale on ebay, but the seller says that the age of the amidol does not matter. That goes against everything I've ever read on the subject. Does age matter and is this a good buy? TIA

http://cgi.ebay.com/Kodak-AMIDOL-De...576263772QQcategoryZ29983QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Are you possibly confusing Amidol, the chemical with "amidol based developer"? For sure, once mixed with the other chemicals and water to make a developer, it will go off quickly IIRC, but most powdered chemicals (though by no means all) last indefinitely if kept dry.

c6h6o3 · Dec 30, 2005

Don't pay more than about $75.00 for it, including shipping. Also, I think he should post the exact weight. The "approximately" bothers me.

Photo Engineer · Dec 30, 2005

The "P" in the number and the label itself indicate "Practical Grade".

There are 2 or 3 grades of purity above that including Analytical, Reagent and Spectro. The stuff is not the purest you can buy. I don't have any idea how this affects use in photography or how pure it actually is. All I know is that this is the lowest level of purity that Eastman sold.

PE

Curt · Dec 30, 2005

It keeps a long long time. But, if it seems to good to be true...
Set a limit, say $50.00 and ask the seller for the exact weight. After all it's sold by weight and in grams. Someones idea of approx. might be give or take 25 grams.

Wayne · Dec 31, 2005

I wouldnt hesitate to buy old amidol in sealed containers, but buying half-used, decades-old bottles seems foolish to me.

c6h6o3 · Jan 1, 2006

Wayne said:
I wouldnt hesitate to buy old amidol in sealed containers, but buying half-used, decades-old bottles seems foolish to me.

I've used Gennert's amidol out of a 3/4 full 1 lb. bottle with beautiful results. It was bottled in the 1st decade of the 20th Century. There's really no problem with the age. The weight, however, is quite another matter on this deal. How many grams of amidol are being offerred?

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