Amidol in EU

kapro · Jan 24, 2012

chromemax said:
Quality is quite good. It is chinese amidol and leave some dust in solution that don't create problems to the prints. If don't like to work with a dirty solution it can be easily filtred, but I don't care and prints are clean and without stains.

I was told by Keten employee it wasn't chinese....

jgjbowen · Jan 24, 2012

For what it's worth, Mike Johnson at Artcraft Chemicals here in the states gets his Amidol from the UK. I don't know where, but he lists it as "English" and sells it for $105/ half pound. It works without the mess associated with the Chinese amidol.

Good luck,

RalphLambrecht · Jan 25, 2012

suvatlar in hamburg sells it for 33 euros for a 50g ottle.

c6h6o3 · Jan 25, 2012

jgjbowen said:
For what it's worth, Mike Johnson at Artcraft Chemicals here in the states gets his Amidol from the UK. I don't know where, but he lists it as "English" and sells it for $105/ half pound. It works without the mess associated with the Chinese amidol.

Good luck,

Mike Jacobson is the owner and founder or Artcraft Chemicals. And his amidol is much nicer to work with than the Chinese stuff. I'd recommend starting with it if you've never used amidol before, as the mess and inconvenience of the Chinese stuff might turn you off to the whole process.

jgjbowen · Jan 25, 2012

c6h6o3 said:
Mike Jacobson is the owner and founder or Artcraft Chemicals.

Oops, my bad! Thanks for the correction, Jim.

RalphLambrecht · Jan 25, 2012

David Allen said:
I would like to second the suggestion of

Fototechnik Suvatlar
Simrockstr.178a
D-22589 Hamburg

Tel.040 / 39 57 09 und 040 / 39 79 31
Fax: 040 / 39 19 08 66
Mobil: 0173 / 60 11 77 2

E-Mail: fotosuvatlar@live.de

Last year I bought various chemicals that I needed to make up my two-bath developer.

I sent them an e-mail asking if they had the particular chemicals in stock and in the sizes I require.

Two days later they all arrived in the post with an invoice.

Definitely worth contacting them and supporting a lifeline for analogue workers.

Best,

David

www.dsallen.de

fully agree

kapro · Feb 5, 2012

I'd like to say Thank you for all recommendations.
I've already got Amidol from Keten (Poland) cca 120/250g and my hometown supplier (Bratislava, Slovakia) 120/100g. Both have completely different consistency. While more expensive has crystalline the cheaper one looks amorphous -like ground rubber. I wonder if they act differently in the darkroom....

Nice contact was Suvatlar, I've ordered glycin from them
K.

Rudeofus · Feb 5, 2012

kapro said:
Nice contact was Suvatlar, I've ordered glycin from them

Can you post what they charge for Glycin? And for shipping within EU?

kapro · Feb 5, 2012

Rudeofus said:
Can you post what they charge for Glycin? And for shipping within EU?

30,35/25g including VAT
Shipping cost 13,95/100g of glycin

skahde · Feb 5, 2012

The Glycin Suvatlar sells is from Photographers Formulary. I also ordered it directly from them which worked just fine.

Rudeofus · Feb 6, 2012

Wow, thanks for recommending Suvatlar, it turns out that Suvatlar are the chem experts Moersch uses to mix their brews. Moersch has a PDF price list for their chems in case anyone is interested. They list HAS, CD3 and CD4 amongst other chems so they may be worth looking at.

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