Hi Jeremy,
I used to use a commercial stop bath, then I switched to white vinegar
and water. Now I just use water. As Dan said, just agitate the print
in the plain water a little longer. I switched to plain water for a
stop bath, because on sheet film, I was always getting these little tiny
pin
m going to try something like a few drops of wintergreen someday.
pinhole on!
Jim K
- Original Message -
From: "Gordon Holtslander"
To:
Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 2:33 PM
Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] Re: vinegar as stop bath
> Develpoers depend on an alkaline
I used to use stop bath religiously but now I don't bother and boy is it
easier and less smelly. I rarely need the bath anyway as I make sure the
fixer is fresh anyway and I have more room and less clutter. Stop bath is
useful in printing only if you are going to do like so many prints..
Alexis
Another important feature of the stop bath is that it helps buffer contaminents
moving from the developer to the fix. Without this step, the fix will become
exhausted much quicker.
Cheers-
george
--- Gordon Holtslander wrote:
> Develpoers depend on an alkaline environment. When the film d
Develpoers depend on an alkaline environment. When the film developer
combination is placed in an acidic environment development slows
down or ceases completely.
Stop bath is a mild acid, it lowers the pH of the environment to the extent
that the developer can no longer function and thus stops
