Fuji E-6 shelf time

[SuXarik]

Hello everyone.
Figured I'd start developing E-6 for myself and ordered a Fuji E-6 6bath 5L kit. The main question for me is what part of that kit is worst to stay alive once opened. Is it First developer or it's Color A or B, or maybe all of them.
For Fuji C-41 I use small glass bottles to divide part C of developer. I think the same will work for E-6, but wanted to know which part to dilute.
Thanks

 

[Alan9940]

You may want to check out this video:



Lots of info regarding E-6 processing in general and, specifically, the Fuji Hunt E-6 6 bath kit.

Have fun!

 

[SuXarik]

You may want to check out this video:


Lots of info regarding E-6 processing in general and, specifically, the Fuji Hunt E-6 6 bath kit.

Have fun!

Thanks, he has another video with more theoretical information, but he just states shelf times for partly opened bottles, and they all look the same. I can dilute all of the parts to smaller batches, but may be there is no point and only one part is highly prone to become bad.

 

[dale116dot7]

I usually mix the whole batch and use propane to displace air in my storage tanks. It seems to last about 8 or 9 weeks before starting to get colour shifts although the published data indicates 6 weeks. At 11 or 12 weeks black changes to a dark brown, though other colours seem 'ok'. For 8 weeks I have had consistent colour matching - I usually shoot a colour target as one frame on each roll as a sanity check. I've ran through three batches of the Fuji E6 kit in the last year.