Dektol turns brown as it gets oxidized. So does D76. I can tell when developer has been stored in half-full bottles for too long because it starts to turn brown. Developer stored in wine boxes stays crystal clear for over well over a year. That's all you need to know, IMO.
Dektol turns brown as it gets oxidized. So does D76. I can tell when developer has been stored in half-full bottles for too long because it starts to turn brown. Developer stored in wine boxes stays crystal clear for over well over a year. That's all you need to know, IMO.
Of what type of bottles are you speaking? One must also consider how well the cap excludes air. If the liner is damaged in any way the seal is compromised.
Besides polyethylene some cubitainers use a composite material which is better at blocking oxygen. I personally avoid any polyethylene containers for developers.
I'm not so sure keeping any kind of non-drinkable chemical in a container that is generally seen as containing a drinking substance to be a good idea. Taking the bladder out of the box and storing securely is one thing but using and keeping it inside the original wine box even if you wrote on it that it's not wine, is asking for possible trouble. Sure, sometimes chemicals come in similar such boxes and bladders but those boxes look more "clinical" in color and wording than your more festively worded and designed wine box. I know it sounds far-fetched but a drunk person finding a wine box might be so drunk as to not take care to read the outside (assuming they are not too drunk to read that is). Stranger things have happened.
trader joes is awesome, I get the 3 buck chuck, might want to pick this up if they have a 5L version (with drinkable wine) for my Xtol. Right now Ive been storing them individually in 1liter seltzer bottles, in a mini fridge thats off.
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