====== Farmer's Reducer (Kodak R4a) ====== Substractive bleach for overexposed or fogged film. Substractive... ===== Preparations ===== Prepare stock solutions as described below: **Part A** |Water, | 300 ml | |Potassium Ferricyanide, | 37.5 gr | |Water, | to make 500 ml | **Part B** |Water, | 1000ml | |Sodiumthiosulphate, | 480 gr | |Water, | to make 2000 ml| Finally, prepare working solution as specified below: **Working solution** |Water, | 850ml | |Part A, | 30 ml | |Part B, | 120 ml | ===== Instructions for use ===== - Soak the film in water. - Put the wet film in a tray of working solution, agitate carefully. - Inspect and remove film from tray as soon as density is sufficiently dense, or slightly before. - Apply a quick rinse in water to abort further bleaching. - Inspect and repeat if needed. - === For prints === Mix 10-14 parts of water with 1 part of A and 1 part of B. ===== Notes ===== For a weaker solution, keep proportion of part A and part B and dilute in more water.