• In order to check out film processing equipment, you must be authorized to
do so by a member of the photo faculty.
• Film processing should be done in the designated processing areas only, and
over the sink! You will be asked to clean up dripped chemistry if you can not
contain yourself.
• All students must wear heavy duty rubber gloves while processing film. Failure
to do so may result in suspension of access.
• Common film processing times are posted outside the Stockroom. Other
processing information may be available at the Stockroom as well. Please ask if
you don’t see the film & developer combination you need.
Fixer Issues
• All fixer must be poured back into the container it came from. Never
pour fixer down the drain! We use a two bath method for fixing film, but you
must do a clip test to determine the correct fixing time for your film.
Instructions for this are posted above the sink. Remember, fixer slows down as
it ages! That doesn’t mean that it’s “bad.”
• If you believe the fixer is bad, test it with the Hypo-Check. Follow the
instructions given for “Rapid Fixer.” Please Note: A precipitate indicates the
presence of silver in the solution. This does not mean the solution is
saturated.
Fixer, by nature and definition, takes silver into solution. So unless the
chemistry is practically unused, you’ll see something happen. If a “milky”
precipitate forms and does not dissipate easily when shaken, then and only then,
you can assume the fixer is truly saturated and useless.
Pour the bad fixer back where it came from and tell the Stockroom monitor.
Never pour fixer down the drain!
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