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Harening fixers ?

Tofek

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Hello,
Could someone give a list of the existant hardening fixers ? I search on the net but all I find is info about NON-hardening fixers.

Thanks in advance
 

Ian Grant

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No manufacturers fecommend hardening fixers any longer so few are made. There's a fixer from Kodak that comes with a hardener which you add optionally and Tetenal make a hardener.

Ian
 

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Dear tofek,

Kodak Fixer (powder), and Kodafix (liquid) are hardening fixers that are still available in the States. I don't know if they are available in France.

Neal Wydra
 

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hi tofek

if you need hardened fixer
you can probably add alum hardener in the right concentration
into the fixer you already are using.

... tenenal ?
good luck !
john
 
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Tofek

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Thanks for the answers, I'm going to buy the Kodak fixer if it ships to France, costs only 5$ at Amazon !
 

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I've used Kodak Fixer all my life and would consider nothing else. Still have pictures I made in 1971 on fiber base paper and they have not faded one iota. I plan to be dead in 25 years, so it looks they'll outlive me. At the rate they're going it will be 200 years before they start looking like a Mathew Brady photo.
 

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For FB prints hardening fixers actually slow the wash rate after fixing. They can also interfere with toning. Many people use just a plain hypo fixer consisting of sodum thiosulfate and sodium sulfite for prints.