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Sodium Metaborate substute

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In a pinch use Boraxo from your grocery store. Don't do it unless it is an emergency.

Check the pH with pH paper or a meter.

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Photo Engineer said:
In a pinch use Boraxo from your grocery store. Don't do it unless it is an emergency.

Check the pH with pH paper or a meter.

PE
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Thanks Ron,
I'm just gonna wait till tomorrow and go to B&H. Nothing that can't wait.
 

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"From a Kodak Formulary publication, 1.4 grams of sodium tetraborate, decahydrate (Borax) + 0.3 gram of sodium hydroxide is equal to
2 grams of sodium metaborate (Kodalk) in a litre of solution"
 

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Check out (there was a url link here which no longer exists) in the (there was a url link here which no longer exists). Mike provides the best hands on recipe I have found so far on this subject.
 

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Also, for fixer it's not critical anyway. For developer one would have to be accurate.
 
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