Cabbage, anyone?

[What About Bob]

This is probably going to sound really out there. For the last two development runs I have noticed that after dumping the stop and the fixer out from the tank I get this odor of what I can best describe as cabbage. The odor doesn't stay for long. These last two development runs I had switched from developing T-Max 100 to Catlabs 80 with my usual PQ universal process that I have been playing around with for about a month now.

Did I just create something new in my bathroom?

 

[reddesert]

Cabbage's typical odor comes from sulfur in sulfide compounds. Fixer can sulfur out; your fixer may be reaching end of life.

 

[koraks]

Some films can smell a little funky. Old Kodak color films would have a very strong phenolic smell for instance. Same with some old printing papers.

I wouldn't make too much of this, really.

 

[What About Bob]

Cabbage's typical odor comes from sulfur in sulfide compounds. Fixer can sulfur out; your fixer may be reaching end of life.

I just finished another clip test and emptied the fixer from the tank. The odor hit me, lol. Going to make a new batch.

I got something out from this that was positive. I finally have what looks like a neutral black tone, lol.