Efke green Milky look to film after Developing

[alan951]

I never had this problem before I push processed Efke 100 2 stops Deceloped in Rodinal 1:50 at 20C. Stop bath with water only and fixed with hardener 4min. And it came out with a green milky look to it it normally comes out fairly clear. What did I do wrong never had this happen before. The images look like they will print fine.

 

[chriscrawfordphoto]

Fixer you used was probably exhausted from overuse (if you keep a bottle you reuse till its done as many do), or was mixed wrong (too dilute for the fix time you used) or it was bad fixer (too old, etc). Get some fresh fixer, mix it carefully, re-fix, the problem will go away

 

[alan951]

I'll try that, But it was fresh fixer I'll remix and fix again per your suggestion. maybe I mixed wrong I'll double check and do again.

Thank you for your reply

 

[michaelbsc]

Obviously there's no guarantee, but my first suspicion would be fixer, too.

How old is the concentrate? sometimes it just goes bad in the bottle, and even if you mix it fresh its still bad.

Does it smell like sulphur?

 

[Ian Grant]

The anti halation backing is green, I've found with dish processing this doesn't always disappear quickly.

Ian

 

[alan951]

Thank you for all your help. What I did was fix again in a fix that did not have the hardener in it and rinsed in distilled water. They look great. I think the hardener went or is going bad. (Zonal Pro), or I may have used an incorrect ratio. thank you all again for leading me down the right path.

Alan