[Leica] Mixing XTOL

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

At 2:59 PM -0700 7/26/05, feli wrote:
>On Jul 26, 2005, at 1:36 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>
>>I agree with Brian. I have always used distilled water for this, 
>>regardless of where I lived. It is such a small price to pay for 
>>peace of mind.
>
>I was going to use distilled water. The thought of using of tap 
>water gave me this mental image of my old chemistry teacher, 
>suddenly succumbing to a heart attack. ;-)
>
>>And Feli, it is indeed 4 liters of water, dissolve solution A 
>>(really well), then add and dissolve B, and then add water to make 
>>5 liters. Make sure the liquid is completely clear, it should look 
>>like water, without flakes of undissolved XTOL floating around.
>>
>>Nathan
>
>Thank you. That's exactly what was throwing me off. The illustration 
>on the pack isn't exactly clear about how you get from 4 liters to 5 
>liters. It seemed a little strange to expect a gain of 1 liter of 
>volume by adding the chemicals... just didn't make sense.
>
>I purchased a selection of brown glass bottles for storage. A few 
>dozen 2 oz bottles, as one shot developer holders, and a few larger 
>ones for mass storage.
>
>For the past year I have been using FA-1027, with very good results, 
>but it isn't a very widely used developer and therefore poorly 
>documented. It's also only available by mail from 
>fineartsphotosupply.com.
>
>
>Thanks everyone.
>
>Feli

I use filtered tap water here in Vancouver for Xtol, and it's fine. I 
think the dissolved mineral content makes a difference, and here the 
tap water is fairly soft.

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