HT-2 Goes Bad?

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• Jan 6, 2005

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I've read one APUG post and, via the WWW, a page from
Photographer's Formulary covering their HT-2 product; thirty
days and ninety days.

Off hand I can't think of any reason for that mix of silver nitrate
and acetic acid going bad. Anybody any idea? Dan

 

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• Jan 7, 2005

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Dan - I can't think of a reason for that to go bad either, at least not in the time frame you list. It should be good for several years, if not more.

Kirk - www.keyesphoto.com

 

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• Jan 7, 2005

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Kodak says that HT-2 should be stored in ...dark... tightly stoppered bottles, so I suspect that it's sensitive to light to some degree. I keep mine in the darkest amber bottle I can find and store it in an enclosed space, away from general room light. I also mix only about 50 ml at a time, since I use it so infrequently. Haven't noticed any problems with it going bad (yet).

 

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Reinhold said:

I also mix only about 50 ml at a time, since
I use it so infrequently. Haven't noticed any
problems with it going bad (yet).

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Do you mix from scratch? Dan

 

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• Jan 8, 2005

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I did when I made some many years ago. It's easy.