Kodak endura ultra unexposed and developed paper colour

juggler · Feb 16, 2009

ive run a test in just blix and the paper is white as it should be, i purchased a small box of fuji and the problem is identical to before

my darkroom is darker than deep space and my safe light is switched of for now

ive ran out of options and am seriously considering using my inkjet, the colours will be garish and metamarism (truely awful spelling) will be troublesome, but at least i will have some whites again

lol thanx for your help but im am bowing out before all is lost

Photo Engineer · Feb 16, 2009

Your problem appears to be something fogging the paper.

Due to the slow nature of paper emulsions to X-Ray, I doubt that this is the major cause of your problem, but who knows.

If the fog appears on everything, then something is going badly wrong. For example, Hydrogen Sulfide or Mercury fumes are powerful fogging agents. Radioactivity in basements has been pointed out as being a source of possible fog.

There are a lot of possible reasons.

PE

juggler · Feb 16, 2009

x rays is a long shot, ive never had such problems before and i am out of answers , in my 20 years of darkroom processing i have never lost boxes of paper like this , infact ive never had bad products or chemicals

L Gebhardt · Feb 16, 2009

Can you bring a fresh sheet to a lab and have them run it through? Maybe get one from them and see how it behaves in your house (right after you get it home). If your film and black and white paper isn't all fogged, I can't see how new boxes of color would get fogged in the same environment.

juggler · Feb 16, 2009

i dont have access to any other labs , the only time ive achieved a white paper is when i just use blix and no develop, as soon as i use the developer i get the funky creamy green colour

PHOTOTONE · Feb 16, 2009

Perhaps there is another APUG or LF-Forum member with darkroom experience in color that lives in Amsterdam? It would really help to have some live help there with you. I do not doubt your ability, but sometimes another set of eyes and another brain can help.

Just one further thing...are you running your color at the correct development temperature? Could your thermometer have failed, or gone off?

Do you use ANY type of flourescent or compact flourescent lighting in your darkroom, for when you turn the "white" light on? Flourescent bulbs or tubes can emit light for some time after they are turned off.

juggler · Feb 16, 2009

im runing tetenal room temp at 22 Celsius

no flourescents

juggler · Feb 17, 2009

showed some test strips to a lab worker today and he was 99% sure its old paper , told me he spent 20 years printing in pro lab with the stuff and understands its useful life span, this lab worker runs the lab at the shop where i bought the paper

frotog · Feb 18, 2009

You should ask him why he's selling outdated ultra.

Kodak endura ultra unexposed and developed paper colour

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