wiki:darkroom:chemistry:formulas:farmers_r4a
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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.
wiki/darkroom/chemistry/formulas/farmers_r4a.txt · Last modified: 2022/05/01 12:48 by henpe
