Any definitive guides for bleach-bypass processing out there?

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More Bleach Bypass Details Needed

I am going to be messing around with the below while using color negative film:

There are two common processes that use either retained silver or augmented dye images to get odd effects in color. They are:

Color develop
stop
wash
fix
wash
rehal bleach (ferricyanide + bromide)
clear - stop + sulfite
wash
fog with light
EITHER: color develop or B&W develop depending on effect desired
wash
fix
wash
stabilze

One process will accentuate color and contrast and the other will give you an intense bleach bypass look.

The sequence with two color developers can be repeated as often as desired to get higher and higher color saturation and contrast.

PE


Lets break this down some more as I have some questions....

BEGIN, as per PE:

Color develop
stop
wash
fix
wash
rehal bleach (ferricyanide + bromide)
clear - stop + sulfite

STOP THERE FOR A SECOND....
What is this? I normally use water for my B/W stop bath so I dont have this on hand, what do I need, say Kodak Indicator Stop Bath For Black & White Films?

CONTINUE as per PE.....
wash
fog with light

STOP THERE FOR A SECOND....
What???

Lets suppose I have a Patterson tank with 1 roll of 35mm in the tank. Do I open the tank, pull the film off the plastic reel with the film head in one hand and tail in the other and hold it up to the lightbulb? For how long, a few seconds?

Then what? Load the wet film back on the pastic real? I suppose I can do it in light now?

CONTINUE as per PE.....
EITHER: color develop or B&W develop depending on effect desired
wash
fix

STOP THERE FOR A SECOND....
The C-41 fixer or the b/w fixer or does it matter?

CONTINUE as per PE.....
wash
stabilze
 
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