FUJI HUNT Environeg Developer Replenisher C41 Air Control

lamerko

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I have everything I need to skin these three cats, but I still want to avoid formalin as much as possible. I'm not sure how big the risks are with such a concentration, but if there is another solution...
The local Fuji distributor does not offer the C-41 stabilizer for some reason.

This is interesting. I've seen these bottles but always thought they were for minilab maintenance. They are available and very cheap.
 

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I also use EnviroNeg chemistry but am struggling with the stabilizer. Can you suggest any solution? I see there's an EnviroPrint one, but I'm guessing it's only for the RA-4 process…

I have two 500 ml bottles of C41/E6 stabilizer concentrate from the old Tetenal Colortec kits doing nothing. Each one makes 2,5 liters.

They are yours for free but you need to pay the shipment from Spain. Detais on PM.
 

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So, I now have 6L of developer starter. Good enough for 500L of tank/working solution and so should be OK for the next 100 years

If anyone from EU should need a starter and can't get it in reasonable quantities anywhere, feel free to contact me.


Otherwise, I'm curious if anyone is running a replenished regime with their home C-41 processing and their experience with it. It seems the safest bet would be to just mix everything to a working strength and do one-shot processing. But since I process in Jobo tanks, to get the best economy, I have to wait until I have at least 2 rolls ready for processing. With replenished regime I could process single roll (or even a single sheet) of film and just add needed amount of replenisher to working solution. But, replenished systems and recommended replenishing amounts are definitely not designed on the typical home environment where you have a very small "tank" (like 1L of working solution). I'd think that it's more geared to tanks of 10L and more. I'm afraid I'd pretty quickly go out of specs and I have no ways to monitor my working solution (control strips or even pH meter; well, I do index scan every roll with exactly the same setting preset (for every film type) so I could see if index scans would start to get progressively different).

Though, I did run my last 5L of developer in a "self replenishing" fashion (1L of working solution that I replenished with adding fresh tank solution (125ml per roll) to my working solution) and I haven't noticed any problems. So, maybe I should just mix a tank solution and continue with self-replenishing.

Thoughts?
 
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