Dear Apug members,
Was wondering if the simple Unicolor C41 Kit could be improved upon by the following:
a) Assuming good temperature control at 100 degrees, would there be a benefit to adding a stop bath
cycle followed by a 100 degree water rinse, then Fixer for 2-3 minutes then Rinse then BLIX for the
prescribed time, then rinse again followed by Stabilizer?
b) Since the preferred process is with separate Bleach and Fixer, I thought by adding these steps might
take a few more minutes of processing time but the results would be a higher quality and consistant C-41
color negative.
c) Am I missing anything? I prefer to take time monitoring temperature and time of dev/fix/blix to get
more consistent results, in the past just using the kit, I sometimes get great looking negatives, next batch
of film, gets heavy orange cast on emulsion, with effects that resemble poor fixing.
d) What stop bath should I be using for this, acetic acid indicator type or citric acid based.
e) For Fixer step, just regular Kodak powdered fixer or is there a better choice...
f) Stabilizer step will done as suggested in Unicolor directions with kit.
Lastly, would I be yielding any more film processed per litre kit, as the separate wash/stop/fix I think would
preserve the life of the Blix somewhat....
Many Thanks for your input/feedback on this.....!!
Harlequin
Was wondering if the simple Unicolor C41 Kit could be improved upon by the following:
a) Assuming good temperature control at 100 degrees, would there be a benefit to adding a stop bath
cycle followed by a 100 degree water rinse, then Fixer for 2-3 minutes then Rinse then BLIX for the
prescribed time, then rinse again followed by Stabilizer?
b) Since the preferred process is with separate Bleach and Fixer, I thought by adding these steps might
take a few more minutes of processing time but the results would be a higher quality and consistant C-41
color negative.
c) Am I missing anything? I prefer to take time monitoring temperature and time of dev/fix/blix to get
more consistent results, in the past just using the kit, I sometimes get great looking negatives, next batch
of film, gets heavy orange cast on emulsion, with effects that resemble poor fixing.
d) What stop bath should I be using for this, acetic acid indicator type or citric acid based.
e) For Fixer step, just regular Kodak powdered fixer or is there a better choice...
f) Stabilizer step will done as suggested in Unicolor directions with kit.
Lastly, would I be yielding any more film processed per litre kit, as the separate wash/stop/fix I think would
preserve the life of the Blix somewhat....
Many Thanks for your input/feedback on this.....!!
Harlequin
