Kodak XTOL Replenish vs One shot

John Wiegerink · Dec 19, 2025

K-G said:
I have used X-tol replenished for several years with good result and also tried XT-3 at 1+1 dilution, also with good result. Does anyone know if XT-3 is so similar to X-tol that you can replenish an old X-tol solution with new XT-3 solution ?

Karl-Gustaf

I don't know, but you could always be the brave one and try. I would not risk screwing up my gallon of working XT-3R by trying, but feel free K-G.

mshchem · Dec 19, 2025

Should be noted that some sort of control negative is a good idea for replenished systems. I never used one, never any trouble. I've used one shot for many years now.

npl · Dec 20, 2025

K-G said:
I have used X-tol replenished for several years with good result and also tried XT-3 at 1+1 dilution, also with good result. Does anyone know if XT-3 is so similar to X-tol that you can replenish an old X-tol solution with new XT-3 solution ?

Karl-Gustaf

I've done it (among others) and it works : https://www.photrio.com/forum/threa...a-clone-fomadon-excel-adox-xt-3.199141/page-2

The safe advice would probably to discard the Xtol solution and start fresh, but if like me you'd rather not and want to experiment, it is definitely possible to replenish XTOL with XT-3.

MattKing · Dec 20, 2025

npl said:
I've done it (among others) and it works : https://www.photrio.com/forum/threa...a-clone-fomadon-excel-adox-xt-3.199141/page-2

The safe advice would probably to discard the Xtol solution and start fresh, but if like me you'd rather not and want to experiment, it is definitely possible to replenish XTOL with XT-3.

Don't discard the working solution. Just use it up one shot, without replenishment

John Wiegerink · Dec 20, 2025

MattKing said:
Don't discard the working solution. Just use it up one shot, without replenishment

That's a very good alternative use for it Matt. I hate wasting anything being Dutch is sometimes good and sometimes not so good.

K-G · Dec 20, 2025

npl said:
I've done it (among others) and it works : https://www.photrio.com/forum/threa...a-clone-fomadon-excel-adox-xt-3.199141/page-2

The safe advice would probably to discard the Xtol solution and start fresh, but if like me you'd rather not and want to experiment, it is definitely possible to replenish XTOL with XT-3.

Thank you for the link.

Karl-Gustaf

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