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With the film reels in a one litre Paterson tank, after HCA I give it a ten minutes wash in water that is flowing steadily but very slowly - about a litre every two minutes.
Sorry to ask for more. :whistling:
When using the HCA, do you soak the film for awhile, or just agitate ti for a minute and then proceed with your described process.?
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For HCA I follow Kodak's directions - first a one minute rinse in flowing water, followed by one - two minutes in HCA, agitating for 5 seconds every 30 seconds.
That agitation scheme is the same as Kodak recommends for developer.
 

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but the question is:Do you rally need HCA for film or RC paper, since there are no fibers for the hypo to clinc to in the first place. especially for RC papers,there is such a thing as 'overwashing'.
HCA is outstanding at getting the purple out of Kodak TMAX films.
I tone all my RC prints in Selenium 25% per Kodak, I fix for 60 seconds in fresh 1:4 KODAK RAPID FIX w/Hardener, rinse for 15 seconds then right into the toner for 3 to 5 minutes, rinse, into fresh HCA for a minute, wash in running water for 2 minutes, dry on a Ilfospeed dryer.

My FB routine is complicated, I do a bit of selenium followed by Kodak Blue toner (gold toner) lots of washing, a hardener step to keep the prints from sticking to my dryer......
 

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For HCA I follow Kodak's directions - first a one minute rinse in flowing water, followed by one - two minutes in HCA, agitating for 5 seconds every 30 seconds.
That agitation scheme is the same as Kodak recommends for developer.
Exactly!
 
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