Tom Hoskinson said:
... whose test data consistently show an inrease
in D-76 rate of development with time (from mixing -
they call this Keeping Time).
From Patrick Dignan's Classic B&W Formulas an
article by Milan Merhar:
"Upon storage or use the borax will tend to
become more hydrolyzed and thus increase the
ph."
So he and a few others interested took out the
borax and substituted 3 and 9.6 grams, S. bisulfite
and S. carbonate.
"This formula thus solves the problems we found
with D-76." ... "Lifetime tests of this solution show
that up to ... without any variation ...". The
implication in my mind is that it is upon use
that ph will rise and not upon storage.
Do your sources pin that down?
If ph rise is a problem only on use and reuse,
use the developer one-shot and skip the borax.
Then again, if only on storage ph is a problem,
skip the borax. Another example of a solutions
make-up being dictated by it's way of usage.
In short, included borax only if the developer
is to be reused. Mr. Merhar's substitute though
be better. Dan