Focal Universal (16)

[Trucker]

I found this recipe in an old developing book, can't find anything on google about it. Is it in manufacture under another name? If Focal put there name to it I would expect it too be quite nice.

 

[koraks]

If you shared the formula here people might recognize it. Now it's a bit of a "guess what I'm thinking of" game, which can be fun, but may not produce a reliable result very swiftly.

Also, I think many people like myself would be curious as to what you found, so if you could share the recipe if only for that reason/posterity, that would be swell.

Thanks so much!

 

[Trucker]

If you shared the formula here people might recognize it. Now it's a bit of a "guess what I'm thinking of" game, which can be fun, but may not produce a reliable result very swiftly.

Also, I think many people like myself would be curious as to what you found, so if you could share the recipe if only for that reason/posterity, that would be swell.

Thanks so much!

From: Developing, Jacobson and Jacobson (21st Impression) Pg 174

Metol .........................................3
Sodium Sulphite....................75
Hydroquinone........................11
Sodium Carbonate...............75
Potassium Bromide ............1

Water to 1000

 

[loccdor]

For comparison

Kodak D-76 Film developer

Water 125F/52C 750 ml
Metol 2 g
Sodium Sulfite (anhydrous) 100 g
Hydroquinone 5 g
Borax (granular) 2 g
Cold water to make 1000 ml
Mixing Instructions: Add chemicals in specified sequence.

 

[Don_ih]

From: Developing, Jacobson and Jacobson (21st Impression) Pg 174

Metol .........................................3
Sodium Sulphite....................75
Hydroquinone........................11
Sodium Carbonate...............75
Potassium Bromide ............1

Water to 1000

That's more like Dektol (d72)

 

[koraks]

That's more like Dektol (d72)

Close match indeed; I'd expect them to work virtually the same.