Hi all,
I recently picked up a bottle of HC-110 and noticed that in addition to the new packaging the product itself looked very different. It’s a liquid instead of a syrup. I’m sure this isn’t news to the folks who frequent these forums.
However, I was very confused as to what this new formula was exactly. I had read posts about how it’s a different formulation due to supply chain issues and/or environmental concerns. However, much more murky was whether this bottle contained HC-110 as a concentrate or as a stock solution. Extensive google searches weren’t helpful nor was the Kodak Alaris Data Sheet. Neither were calls to Samy’s, B&H, or Kodak Alaris (haven’t replied yet). Finally, I spoke to the wonderful people at Freestyle who confirmed that the contents of the bottle would behave exactly as the syrup I previously knew as HC-110. Dilutions and development times would be identical I was told. So I ran a test roll followed by another 5 rolls (latter 5 rolls together) after the test proved to be successful. Although my results aren’t very detailed or scientific, I feel I can safely concur that this product is in fact the concentrate and not a diluted stock solution. I can’t certify that it’ll behave exactly as HC-110 once did but I feel comfortable enough that I’ll use my existing times/concentrations as well as those published on data sheets and Massive Dev.
Hopefully this will alleviate any confusion the next person has when they go to restock their HC-110
For anyone who cares I processed a test roll of HP5 at Dulition B (1:31) 20*C for 5:00 and the other rolls were HP5 +1 Dilution B 20*C for 7:30.
Cheers,
Omid
I recently picked up a bottle of HC-110 and noticed that in addition to the new packaging the product itself looked very different. It’s a liquid instead of a syrup. I’m sure this isn’t news to the folks who frequent these forums.
However, I was very confused as to what this new formula was exactly. I had read posts about how it’s a different formulation due to supply chain issues and/or environmental concerns. However, much more murky was whether this bottle contained HC-110 as a concentrate or as a stock solution. Extensive google searches weren’t helpful nor was the Kodak Alaris Data Sheet. Neither were calls to Samy’s, B&H, or Kodak Alaris (haven’t replied yet). Finally, I spoke to the wonderful people at Freestyle who confirmed that the contents of the bottle would behave exactly as the syrup I previously knew as HC-110. Dilutions and development times would be identical I was told. So I ran a test roll followed by another 5 rolls (latter 5 rolls together) after the test proved to be successful. Although my results aren’t very detailed or scientific, I feel I can safely concur that this product is in fact the concentrate and not a diluted stock solution. I can’t certify that it’ll behave exactly as HC-110 once did but I feel comfortable enough that I’ll use my existing times/concentrations as well as those published on data sheets and Massive Dev.
Hopefully this will alleviate any confusion the next person has when they go to restock their HC-110
For anyone who cares I processed a test roll of HP5 at Dulition B (1:31) 20*C for 5:00 and the other rolls were HP5 +1 Dilution B 20*C for 7:30.
Cheers,
Omid