Five liter? Not for me unless it can be mixed a liter at a time!I'm pretty sure whoever ends up owning the Alaris PPF division, will be planning on growing the business. Hopefully they will bring new products to market. A 5 liter E6 kit like Eastman Kodak sold before the breakup would be great. As long as we are dreaming cut sheets of color paper.
I always split up these kits. I usually split into 1 liter or split 8 ways into 625mL There is one part of the color developer that Kodak always put in a glass bottle, this stuff attacks some plastics . I had a series of small bottles that I used for bleach and fixer etc.Five liter? Not for me unless it can be mixed a liter at a time!
c41 kit with separate bleach and fix
Since they are "sourcing" the chemicals, it sounds like they will just repackage somebody else's chemicals. It also isn't clear whether this is lab chemistry or home chemistry.
I wonder why they didn't start working on this last year while Ektachrome was being re-engineered.
I was speaking of a real kit, with matched quatities for the total the kit size and without having to deal with starters, etc.They already sell this, it's easy to come by. Not a kit per se, but just buy the individual components.
I understand exactly what you are getting at. I will say this. With Kodak Flexicolor C-41 chemistry biggest cost is Bleach and bleach starter. And yes the capacity of the bleach replenished is enormous . Having said this the fixer is super cheap (it's regular rapid fix only cheaper ) the developer is cheap and developer starter is cheap. Minilabs use 3 stabilizer baths, at home you wash, skip the stabilizer and use a final rinse, acts as a biocide and wetting agent. Mix with pure water lasts a long time .I was speaking of a real kit, with matched quatities for the total the kit size and without having to deal with starters, etc.
I've thought about it numerous times and may yet go that route. How bad is the shipping cost?I understand exactly what you are getting at. I will say this. With Kodak Flexicolor C-41 chemistry biggest cost is Bleach and bleach starter. And yes the capacity of the bleach replenished is enormous . Having said this the fixer is super cheap (it's regular rapid fix only cheaper ) the developer is cheap and developer starter is cheap. Minilabs use 3 stabilizer baths, at home you wash, skip the stabilizer and use a final rinse, acts as a biocide and wetting agent. Mix with pure water lasts a long time .
I bought everything from Unique photo in New Jersey for just a little over a hundred bucks plus shipping. All I buy now is fresh developer , developer goes bad the bleach is eternal .
E6 is a interesting twist ,the Fuji "kit" just doesn't include starters. It's the same stuff. Freestyle gets 200 bucks for 5 liters of Fuji. You can buy individual components of Fuji but only in sizable quantities.
It wasn't bad, ups ground. Probably around 17 bucks. The bleach is heavy. Unique doesn't make you buy cases of stuff. The developer is something like 11-12 bucks for 5 liters. I mix a liter or more at a time. The concentrates keep surprisingly well. I get my Kodak rapid fix from Unique as well. With the sale of Alaris and the insolvency of Tetenal if you need any Kodak chemistry might be good to get a couple extra packages, especially the black and white stuff made by Tetenal. I'm sure that if everything goes as planned shouldn't be any issues. I remember when Ilford was reorganized as Harmon the powdered chemicals weren't available for a while.I've thought about it numerous times and may yet go that route. How bad is the shipping cost?
At one time Kodak was a major manufacturer of industrial chemicals. What happened to that branch of the business?
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