what causes Pink Coloration to Stab / Final Rinse after use

[Photo Engineer]

I would bet it is not developer then. The stop takes it out. It must be some dye.

It could be that the bleach or blix or fix is depleted of Sullfite, or the pH is drifting a bit.

PE

 

[WayneStevenson]

I only get that when I don't rinse my film enough after my blix. Sadly it does take quite a bit of water to clean them.

 

[Photo Engineer]

I have to agree, but the previous poster seems to be having a real problem.

PE

 

[PittP]

A very similar topic was just discussed (there was a url link here which no longer exists) in a parallel thread. It seems that the 3-bath kit is not the ideal thing, at least not for Fuji Provia and the very similar current Agfa CT100. After the blix, extended warm washing or soaking in dilute sulfite can help.
Pitt

 

[Photo Engineer]

You must also understand that a Blix is NOT recommended by either Fuji or Kodak for ANY of their color films, but other companies do make them.

PE

 

[pukalo]

Update: I read one of the Kodak bulletins on E6, that stated the slight pink cast is due to residual dye's or similar, and absolutely normal and will cause no long term issues. I question the no long term issues part, but trust them as the experts.

 

[jsmithphoto1]

Thanks for this info! I remember reading this waayyyy back when (I think about 8 years ago when I was 17). I landed a seasonal job at the Olan Mills processing plant here in Chattanooga and was talking to one of the maintenance guys who was working on the bleach tank at that time and told him this, which kind of threw him off. I did "burn" a patch of grass without diluting it... Lesson learned!