Hello,

I was surfing apug yesterday at work (its our slow time) and found this group, so after work i ran by the store and picked up the basic ingredients (instant coffee, acsorbic acid, and washing soda) shot a roll and tried it. I am more than impressed, mostly because these simple ingredients aren't hard to find. I posted a few of my results above.

I do have a couple of questions.

1. I couldn't find potassium bromide so I got some iodiozed salt but didn't use it on the first round, mostly because it said for faster films (i used tmax 100) would you guys recommend using it regardless?

2. I saw somewhere that you can use iodized salt as a fixer, is that true? if so what is the recipe and schedule?

Thanks
Ryan

hi ryan

i have never used KBr or salt ... and haven't had much trouble with thebasic recipe either.
congratulations on your first roll !

regarding the salt/fixer thing ... it takes a long long soak and it really doesn't fix it as much as stabilizes it
so you can fix it later. while i have a big pickle jar filled with 1 lb ( the cardboard cylinder salt comes in ? )
and water, i haven't actually used it yet ( its been sitting on my darkroom floor under the sink for maybe 2 years ) ...
i eventually thought i would use it as my salt bath to make salt prints, and haven't done that either LOL

good luck with your processing !
you are off to a good start, some people have trouble when they first start out ...

john