Properly "cooking" D-76 - can you use a large pot?

[GRHazelton]

Well, based on PhotoEngineer's authoritative post, I may change my ways and use distilled water only for the photoflo rinse.....

 

[DREW WILEY]

This is getting fun. Which kind of bronze? There are hundred of different alloys of "bronze" and they differ significantly in formulation and
corrosion resistance. There are also different ways to create a bronze vessel. Which developer did people in the Bronze Age prefer? I was
personally born into the acrylic, polycarbonate, polyethylene, and polymethylpentene age.

 

[Pioneer]

Well...

I did pour it into a jug that had a little fixer remaining in it once. Couldn't figure out why it wasn't working. Almost called the nice people at Kodak to complain.

When I did figure it out I labeled my developer storage jug with a nice, big, bold, black "D76." I am a touch blind sometimes. Haven't had that problem since.

Great stuff that D76. Puts up with all kinds of beginner mistakes and still works...unless you mix it with fixer of course.

EDIT - Oh yeah! The reason I know about the 1 liter bag is I once mixed it up like a one gallon bag...we don't talk about that one much. I did mention I am a bit blind, didn't I?

 

[PhotoJim]

To those who are tempted to subdivide a packet of D-76... do what I do. Mix it from scratch.

Metol, hydroquinone, borax, and sodium sulfite are all you need and are readily available. You can mix up as big or as small a batch as you want, and because the chemical ingredients are all separate, no settling will occur.

 

[Xmas]

Well, my post dwelt with the use of DW and tap water in which experiment I found no difference. D76 works with most tap waters world wide. There are some outliers due to excessively hard water or other chemical contaminants.

However, you may enjoy this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_arrE1jSI8

PE

That is true scratch mixing D76d or ID-68 then using as stock and my faucet water is way hard. The electric kettles need descaling regular even with wire gauze hot spot protection.
I do boil the water and let it cool to mix temperature.
Top up with cold from faucet.
Never bother with filtering residue but filter the stock going back into bottle.