Harening fixers ?

[Tofek]

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]

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

 

[clayne]

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

 

[Neal]

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

 

[removed account4]

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

 

[Tofek]

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

 

[Tom1956]

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.

 

[Gerald C Koch]

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.