Ronald M
Veteran
You need a FRESH rapid fix, 5 min will do, with vigorous agitation. You can not hurt a thing as the process goes to completion.
I use Ilford wash style and then 3 60 sec soaks .
Without a good fix , you can wash for days and the dye will not come out.
I use Ilford wash style and then 3 60 sec soaks .
Without a good fix , you can wash for days and the dye will not come out.
Sid836
Well-known
Wash your film like this:
a. Fill with water and agitate ten times, purge water.
b. Fill with water and agitate twenty times, let it stand for 5 minutes, purge water.
c. Fill with water and agitate twenty times, let it stand for 5 minutes, purge water.
d. Fill with water and agitate twenty times, let it stand for 5 minutes, purge water.
All purple tint is gone.
a. Fill with water and agitate ten times, purge water.
b. Fill with water and agitate twenty times, let it stand for 5 minutes, purge water.
c. Fill with water and agitate twenty times, let it stand for 5 minutes, purge water.
d. Fill with water and agitate twenty times, let it stand for 5 minutes, purge water.
All purple tint is gone.
Hatchetman
Well-known
IMO the most likely cause is not washing long enough and/or wash water too cold.
Chuck Albertson
Well-known
Keep in mind that the OP was using Kodafix, a hardening fixer. Film that has gone through a hardening fix requires additional wash time. You can instead use Kodak Rapid Fixer (and not add the little bottle of hardner), or I like TF-5 from Photographers Formulary, and get shorter wash times. But even with those, even using the "Ilford method," I still end up giving Tri-X a few minutes more in a wash, just to get rid of the tint. HP5+ doesn't require this, and neither did Tri-X until they switched the manufacture/coating to the same plant that makes TMax films (years ago). I don't know why.
Trius
Waiting on Maitani
The consolidation of manufacturing was purely economics.