Tetenal RA4 Blix Pt2 Cloudy - Is it dead (& how do I test)?

[hoffy]

Evening all,

I'm just in the process of mixing up what would be my last batch of RA4 chems. While the developer looks OK, I have concerns about the blix. The second part of it (the clearer solution) has gone really cloudy and I got to admit that I am concerned that it has seen better days. Basically it looks like milk with a green tinge.

Would it be a fair assumption that it's not worth using? Is there anyway to test? BTW, the pack was originally opened 12 months ago and I did get a good run out of it earlier in the year, so its no major loss if it is (apart from the fact that I wanted to do some colour printing tonight.....looks like its black and white now!)

Cheers

 

[hrst]

Yes it is dead. It is basically fixer (ammonium thiosulphate), the sulphur has come out.

 

[hoffy]

Thats what I thought (& my assumption was correct as well that it was the fixer) - oh well, I didn't get that last run that I was hoping from the kit. Off to the shops I go!