I've been using a formula heavy on the metol and light on the borax for triX. For no particular reason I rinsed out the film before the borax. My dev times were long compared to other folks using dd23. I didn't think much of it untill I cought myself rinsing between baths and thought, hmmm.
I use 7.5g metol to 100g sodium sulfite per liter of tapwater. According to my notes the last triX roll I ran in D23 1:0, ASA400, 22C, 11min. I am a light agitator, initial 30s, then 5 seconds per minute. The previous roll I ran 24C for 9 min. After development I fill and dump the tank once with water and used borax solution of 2g per liter, same agitation, for 3 minutes generally. I replenish the stock with Balanced alkali replenisher: 10g metol,100g sodium sulfite, 20 grams kodalk to a liter of water. I replenish the bottle before pouring the used d23 back and then I pour the developer back into the bottle only to the indicated original level and discard any leftover. I use about 22ml per roll of film (36 exposure or 120 roll). All in Anchell. I choose a 2g borax solution because of my previous experience with Beutler. The 10g of Sodium Carbonate seemed to make the Beutler too hot, too much contrast, too sensitive to agitation, and difficult to control. I thought a d23 with a milder accelerant would be more practical.
I've only performed one test DD23 1:0, 24C, 7min, Borax 3min. Bd+f 0.21, ZI 0.06, ZII 0.17, ZVIII 1.06. About N-2 contraction. At 9min I get about N-1 with a full speed which suits me.
With trix in Hc110 I get the same numbers and above ASA250 Dilution I:41, 9min 22C. I have to drop the speed that much to get the same shadow detail.
As far as times and films here is what I have for d23:
D23 1:0, TriX ASA400, 9minutes 24C, 11min 22C. 2-3min borax 2g/liter (I rinsed the film once so I dont know to what extent the worked.)
D23 1:1, FP4, ASA100, 14min, 22C, N-1, 17 min, N.
D23 1:0, EFKE 100R, 10 min, 22C, N dev.
Chris S
