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MFstooges

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Hi All,
Does anybody know where can I buy HC-110 in smaller bottle? The only bottle widely available is 1 liter, it's too much and too expensive for me, yeah i know i can store it for years but I prefer smaller bottle.
Or if you have 1/4 liter extra would you sell it to me?
 

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Where are you located? I've got some old hc110 that I was gifted recently; it's discolored a bit but likely still works fine. There's no chance I'll use it all. I'd be happy to decant 250ml into a bottle and mail it to you, but it wouldn't make sense if you're outside the EU.
 
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Oh sorry I forgot to mention I'm in California US. Yes it will be to expensive to ship it.
 

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Ilford makes an equivalent and Freestyle in LA carries one as well. They may be less expensive for you. IDK about a smaller bottle, tho'.
 

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In the good old, the concentrate was sold in 1 pint bottles. You would dilute this to make 1/2 gallon of stock. 1 pint of concentrate would make 4 gallons of dilution B which would be plenty to fill a 3 1/2 gallon deep tank. Kodak sold 1 pint bottles of replenisher to go along.

Short answer no 1 liter is smallest. If you would buy some small Nalgene lab bottles you could split. I made 1 gallon Dilution B and replenished. I'm a 20 year XTOL convert, HC-110 was meant to be used from a stock solution. But once diluted it has a short shelf life. If I was still using I would decant into small 125 and 250 mL Nalgene lab bottles.

The old days, 473mL or 1 US pint of HC-110.
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I've used Freestyle's Legacy Pro L110 and I'll be damned if I can tell the difference between it and HC-110. The development times are the same, it acts the same. The only difference I can see is that L110 is thinner and easier to pour.
 
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I've used Freestyle's Legacy Pro L110 and I'll be damned if I can tell the difference between it and HC-110. The development times are the same, it acts the same. The only difference I can see is that L110 is thinner and easier to pour.
It seems to have half the strength of HC110 being 1 pint only makes 2 gallons
 

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It seems to have half the strength of HC110 being 1 pint only makes 2 gallons

The freestyle listing is a little confusing. It also states "Dilution "B" Working Solution - dilute the stock solution 1:7; or, dilute straight from the bottle 1:31 to make 4 gallons." I have used it and it mixes the same as HC-110. I never made a stock solution, and never had any need to make 4 gallons at one time, but mixed just as much as I needed using published tables. I don't think it lasts as long as the real thing, but my bottle of L-110 was still working great after one year of use.
 

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It seems to have half the strength of HC110 being 1 pint only makes 2 gallons

Like others, I have mixed L110 directly from concentrate--same as I do with HC-110--using same amount of concentrate developer to water ratio and development times, and never had an issue.
 
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The freestyle listing is a little confusing. It also states "Dilution "B" Working Solution - dilute the stock solution 1:7; or, dilute straight from the bottle 1:31 to make 4 gallons." I have used it and it mixes the same as HC-110. I never made a stock solution, and never had any need to make 4 gallons at one time, but mixed just as much as I needed using published tables. I don't think it lasts as long as the real thing, but my bottle of L-110 was still working great after one year of use.
It is confusing, I called them yesterday and the rep insisted it has different mixing measurement than HC-110. Anyone here tried the legacy with 1 : 16 and had half satisfactory result?
 

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It is confusing, I called them yesterday and the rep insisted it has different mixing measurement than HC-110. Anyone here tried the legacy with 1 : 16 and had half satisfactory result?

For Dil. B from Kodaks HC-110, you do dilute the syrup at 1+31 with water. That's it! It is not 1+31 to make 4 gallons. Most folks just mix 1 liter (or whatever amount they need) by diluting the syrup 1+31 by using a small syringe. This makes the bottle last 2 weeks shy of forever and why people like HC so much. I hope I'm adding to your confusion.
 

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Just a guess on my part but it sounds as if Legacy is saying that its 1L bottle makes 4 U.S. gallons at 1:16 which is close to the correct conversion of 1L at 16:1( it's actually 15.8 not 16). If Legacy's wording in the instructions leads to users trying to make it all into 4 gallons of stock at once then this sounds misleading

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OK sorry for my lack of understanding here. After reading thru the specs '1 pints makes 2 gallons' is referring to stock solutions. For use straight out of the concentrate it is 1:31 for dilution B. Boo yahhh!!! I'll try this product then.
Thanks everyone! I'll let you know if it produces different result than Kodak
 

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I like the L-110. I typically use it (and HC-110) at 1:50 from the concentrate, mixing right before using. Right now I'm using genuine HC-100, but I've seen no difference except color when new and L-110 is easier to pour.

http://www.covingtoninnovations.com/hc110/ has some good info.
 

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Seems like you've gotten some good feedback, and settled on trying out LegacyPro L110. To add a bit more data, I've used LegacyPro L110 exclusively for the past few years with a variety of different black and white film stocks. I like it for many of the same reasons mentioned above, namely that it comes in a smaller 1 pint bottle, is very easy to mix from concentrate, and is very economical cost-wise. I use it "one-shot" at 1:31 directly from concentrate, the so-called Dilution B equivalent for HC-110.

I have plenty of examples on my Flickr feed, all with the tag "LegacyPro L110":
https://www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=43111300@N02&view_all=1&text=legacyprol110
 
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