Polydol proprietary formula

[Werewolfman]

david
you are in luck

https://www.photrio.com/forum/threads/kodak-polydol.123447/#post-1632238

i had a bunch-a cans of the suff years ago

were's don carwell and tom hoskinson when you need'em !?

Well, I'm here and I still use Polydol. Do you have any more?

 

[Werewolfman]

It appears that Polydol is ancient enough that MSDS were not available, or at least never posted online. A photo.net posting claims that it is a more alkaline version of Microdol, although the "raise the ph level to 30" part of this posting makes me question its overall accuracy ...

 

[Werewolfman]

Considering lye has a ph of about half that...

Kodak Polydol Replinisher has lye in it. The Developer itself doesn't.

 

[Rudeofus]

Kodak Polydol Replinisher has lye in it. The Developer itself doesn't.

@E. von Hoegh intended to underline my statement, that a pH of 30 is ridiculous. If even 10% lye in water won't reach half that pH, then a pH of 30 for a photographic developer is somewhere between ridiculous, printing error and impossible. Whether any of the components of Polydol contain lye is immaterial at this point.

 

[removed account4]

Well, I'm here and I still use Polydol. Do you have any more?

nope,
i gave all mine to a friend
i'm still using sumatran-caffenol and ansco130 ( or dektol ) as my film developers
john