Fast working lith developer for Fomatone MG

[SadChild]

Hello,

As i was said to achieve creamy (warm, slightly pink) highlights and neutral black i need lith pronting. The drawback of the lith is dev times. My main paper is fomatone MG. Could you advice a formulae for the fast working lith developer for this paper?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Jerevan]

If you raise the temperature, you'll get faster development. With Moersch Easylith at 30 ml A + 30 ml B + 900 ml water, I can achieve what you are looking with Fomatone MG. It is developed in between 5 to 8 minutes with temperatures between 25-30 degrees C. This is with constant and vigorous agitation.

 

[SadChild]

If you raise the temperature, you'll get faster development. With Moersch Easylith at 30 ml A + 30 ml B + 900 ml water, I can achieve what you are looking with Fomatone MG. It is developed in between 5 to 8 minutes with temperatures between 25-30 degrees C. This is with constant and vigorous agitation.

it's problematic to buy Moersch products here in Russia, so i preffer to make developers by himself. I've already tried Ansco 81 (didn't find lith effect), Ryuji Suzuki developer (didn't lith), Kodak D85 (lith wellm but too long times 25min+).
It seems that heating Kodak D85 will increase avaporation and damage to my health due formaldehyde presence.

 

[Dan Henderson]

As Jerevman wrote, heating the developer is the best way that I know to speed up development. I usually get fully developed shadows and blacks in 3-5 minutes, using Fotospeed Lith. I am not aware of a published formula for lith developer.

 

[Anon Ymous]

it's problematic to buy Moersch products here in Russia, so i preffer to make developers by himself. I've already tried Ansco 81 (didn't find lith effect), Ryuji Suzuki developer (didn't lith), Kodak D85 (lith wellm but too long times 25min+).
It seems that heating Kodak D85 will increase avaporation and damage to my health due formaldehyde presence.

I haven't done any lith printing (lack of chemicals...), but IIRC, formaldehyde can be substituted with acetone. It's the nail polish remover, but you'll have to find the plain one, without added oils and dyes. Check unblinking eye for details about amounts.

 

[Jerevan]

Check this out if you need a recipe for lith:

(there was a url link here which no longer exists)

There's also a Dr Jekyll no 2 in the same section. I wasn't aware of you being located in Russia, SadChild, so I assumed you were able to get Moersch products.

 

[Guillaume Zuili]

You should try Slavich paper if you are in Russia. It's beautiful with lith.
Try 2 bath. One strong to bring the image fast then a weak one to complete. Or the opposite...
But lith is at his best with long times.
G.