Ilford P Q Universal

[Andy K]

Ilford P Q Universal paper and film developer. Anyone used it? What's it like?

 

[nze]

Hello

I use it for as paper developper for FB paper , and it work well , neutral tone. I prefer to develop for 3-4 minute than the 2 they ask for FB .

I also use it for some of platinum negative , for example it give great result @ 1+9 with plus X dev 4 minutes with continuous agitation

 

[Tom Hoskinson]

I used the concentrated version of this developer (see the APUG Chemical Recipes Section) in my own darkroom and in a teaching darkroom for years. It is an excellent paper developer - the tone can be adjusted (warmer) by adding additional KBr and adjusted (colder) by adding Benzotriazole instead of KBr. I used it occasionally for developing film with good results as well.

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[David H. Bebbington]

Agree with previous postings - I use it for paper and also sheet film. It keeps well. Agree that it has a neutral tone with paper, Ilford Bromophen (not sure if currently available) gives warmer tones but has to be mixed from powder.

 

[Jordan]

I use it as the basis for a B&W reversal film developer, as described on Ilford's web page. For this purpose it seems to work well, although I think just about any MQ or PQ paper developer could be adapted to the task.

 

[Andy K]

Thanks for the info people. Not sure if I'll be using P Q but it is certainly an option for the future.