where to buy pyrocat hd in the uk?

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would like to be able to pick some up over the counter somewhere in london

second best would be mail order from somewhere i guess.

or is lotus in austria the way to go?

 

[Leon]

would like to be able to pick some up over the counter somewhere in london

second best would be mail order from somewhere i guess.

or is lotus in austria the way to go?

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As far as I know, there is nowhere that sells it in the uk. there used to be a company in the south somewhere that advertised it's own version, although noone could ever work out if it actually was the pyrocat HD that Sandy King came up with

 

[m_liddell]

I have not found it anywhere in the UK either so have switched to exactol lux which, apart from the shorter dev time, gives pretty much identical results and keeps better. Apparently Prescysol is also very similar though I have not tried it.

You get get both from http://www.monochromephotography.com

 

[Akki14]

Silverprint have "pyro" developer
http://www.silverprint.co.uk/chem34.html
I'm not familiar with pyro developers so I have no clue if that's what you're looking for or not. Silverprint is close to Waterloo station, though, so it's fairly convenient for London. If you can find the formula to make your own, Silverprint also stock the chemicals to make it.

 

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thanks for all the replies so far

i've tried prescysol and like it, but i'm looking for something with a published formula as that's more "future-proof". hence the search for pyrocat.

have checked out silverprint. unfortunately, it seems they only have pyrogallol type stuff, not pyrocatechol developers.

will keep looking i guess

 

[Baxter Bradford]

I went to retrophotographic and got raw chemicals, salter diet scale etc for price of about 3 lots of pre-prepared developer. Got masses of it left which ought to last me a significant amount of time.

It is very easy to mix up. I tend to do small quantities due to my low volume use.