Ray, why the final running water for 10 minutes.Don't you trust Ilford either?
g'day dave
just as i posted the above the same question occured to me
before i processed my first roll of film, in 1987, i read various books and magazine articles and got it into my head that the method recommended by Ilford was fill with tap water, invert 5 times, pour out, refill etc, 10 times then 20 times then wash for around 20 minutes
i never thought the sequence of 5/10/20 was the only washing necessary
Ray
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Since water differs all over the world, and many films and fixers are in use, it is impossible to tell whether the low end is sufficient for any given condition and that is why I err (if I am indeed erring) on the side of caution and give you the high end condition. ...
PE
The publisher of the article would prefer THIS link with some corrections and additional information:
Current Version: 1.07 from 12 FEB 05, including now advice for print washing as below.
http://www.geocities.com/researchtriangle/thinktank/5693/photogra.html#fwash
Best regards,
Robert
g'day all
we could all post links to some unproved web page, but what does Ilford actually recommend?
Ray
FYI, Bill Troop is rather busy but he has sent me a private note with his permission to publish it here. It relates directly to this thread.
This is a direct quote from his e-mail, minus some private chit chat. Since he just got married 2 weeks ago, he is kinda busy.
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Ron, there is no 'Ilford' multiple soak wash method. There is a Kodak method, researched by and published by G.I.P. Levinson, one of the most eminent of the scientists at Kodak Harrow, in the 1970s, during a period of water shortages in Britain. This was misread by someone at Ilford and incorporated into Ilford instructions by accident -- minus the obligatory five-minute waiting times. Ilford has unfortunately never corrected its error. Ilford's own leading scientist, L.F.A. Mason, did not fall into this error. I would have thought that would all that was needed to be said about the subject -- ever.
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So, here is Bill's personal note to everyone and confirms the data in Mason and points to the errors in the Ilford data.
PE
You can quote me on this!
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