Leica All Day
Veteran
Sorry for the stupid question guys, but I have searched the internet and couldn't find anything...so, here it is...
Do you store your fixer in a dark (opaque) bottle.....Is fixer light sensitive like d-76?
I am pretty sure it isn't, but I am having second thoughts.
BTW, not that it matters, but I am using kodak fixer.
thanks in advance for putting my mind at ease.
cheers, michael
Do you store your fixer in a dark (opaque) bottle.....Is fixer light sensitive like d-76?
I am pretty sure it isn't, but I am having second thoughts.
BTW, not that it matters, but I am using kodak fixer.
thanks in advance for putting my mind at ease.
cheers, michael
marke
Well-known
I believe fixer is only affected by air.
BTMarcais
Well-known
Michael-
Not light sensitive. Quite a few of the fixers we sell @ LG actually come in transparent bottles... (Ilford Hypam, Lauder fixers, Kodafix, etc)
-Brian
Not light sensitive. Quite a few of the fixers we sell @ LG actually come in transparent bottles... (Ilford Hypam, Lauder fixers, Kodafix, etc)
-Brian
Leica All Day
Veteran
Hey Brian thanks...I remember when I worked there (over 10 years ago now) that I used to mix the chemicals in the morning before we opened, and I am pretty sure that it was stored in an opaque bottle....and yes, even here in Bangkok, I have seen liquid fixer come in transparent bottles ( Ilford)...anyways, I was second guessing myself because the Kodak fixer (powder) comes in an envelope very similar to d-76....thanks for clarifying that up....
I do miss the "photographic community" at Looking Glass...it is quite different for me here in Bangkok...I have to "hunt" for everything here and sometimes, I just got to get what they have, options are limited....but I am not complaining....I can usually find the basics, but it's not as easy as it was back home....
cheers, michael
I do miss the "photographic community" at Looking Glass...it is quite different for me here in Bangkok...I have to "hunt" for everything here and sometimes, I just got to get what they have, options are limited....but I am not complaining....I can usually find the basics, but it's not as easy as it was back home....
cheers, michael
Pherdinand
the snow must go on
Somehow my fixer ain't sensitive to anything.
I keep it in emptied PET mineral water bottles.
After 10-12 films i mixed a new batch (distilled water) but kept the old half litre which looked rather dirty already. At some point i tested the old one...Still clears film in less than 3 minutes.
The plastic bottles do show funky silvery-black discoloration where the fixer touches them, like something is depositing on the walls, but the fixer still works.
I don;'t use the fixer for more than 12 films per 500 ml because it gets dirty, but i don't care about the light or oxygen. Maybe it's the chemistry of 2009 that makes the dfifference, maybe the oxygen- or light damaged fixer ideas are just urban legend- don't know.
I keep it in emptied PET mineral water bottles.
After 10-12 films i mixed a new batch (distilled water) but kept the old half litre which looked rather dirty already. At some point i tested the old one...Still clears film in less than 3 minutes.
The plastic bottles do show funky silvery-black discoloration where the fixer touches them, like something is depositing on the walls, but the fixer still works.
I don;'t use the fixer for more than 12 films per 500 ml because it gets dirty, but i don't care about the light or oxygen. Maybe it's the chemistry of 2009 that makes the dfifference, maybe the oxygen- or light damaged fixer ideas are just urban legend- don't know.
SupachaiA
Member
Well it does sensitive to money in your pocket if you mixed it up with the developer ^^