Lightly Visible Purple Tint on My 400tx/Tri-X 35mm Negs.

[Ronald M]

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.

 

[Sid836]

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.

 

[Hatchetman]

IMO the most likely cause is not washing long enough and/or wash water too cold.

 

[Chuck Albertson]

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]

The consolidation of manufacturing was purely economics.