C41 development - re-using Kodak Flexicolour - time compensation ca 1982

Some recent discussions highlighted the fact that there were no current sources for Kodak recommendations for re-using Flexicolour developer - possibly because Kodak no longer recommends that.
Back in 1982 they did provide recommendations.
Here are scans of pages 12 and 13 of my 1982 Kodak Color Darkroom Dataguide that include those recommendations - first as jpegs, then as pdfs.


Hope these help - please take into account that these are almost 40 years old!

MattKing said:

Here are scans of pages 12 and 13 of my 1982 Kodak Color Darkroom Dataguide that include those recommendations - first as jpegs, then as pdfs.

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Thank you.

I'd love to hear from anyone using time compensation for modern films in C-41. What is your general increase rate, and when do you stop and toss it?

I haven't reached that point with my current Cinestill kit (it's at 7 rolls now, Cinestill recommends compensation after 8), but may not reach it, because the developer was mixed in early April and is already a month past the "deadline" for using it. I'll probably use it for one more roll (XP2 Super, so at least I don't have to worry about color issues -- it'll develop, or it won't), and then reexamine whether to continue with kits, return to mixing my own (developer and bleach, the fixer doesn't seem hard to come by and is cheap), or source bulk quantities of Flexicolor ($$$ and more $$$ for shipping of gallons of liquid) and start replenishment.

Donald Qualls said:

I'll probably use it for one more roll...and then reexamine whether to continue with kits, return to mixing my own...or source bulk quantities of Flexicolor ($$$ and more $$$ for shipping of gallons of liquid) and start replenishment.

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Keep us posted! Shelf life is a challenge for me as well.