Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/07/27

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Subject: [Leica] Mixing XTOL
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Wed Jul 27 05:52:36 2005
 
On 7/26/05 3:18 PM, "Jeffery Smith" <jls@runbox.com> typed:

> Unlike the other powdered Kodak developers, you don't have to do very
> serious mixing. It dissolves rather easily. I put mine in full (no air)
> 500cm amber bottles. As such, it lasts a pretty long time.
> 
> Jeffery Smith
> New Orleans, LA
> http://www.400tx.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
This as the whole reason d'etra of the invention of Xtol. How it was sold to
Kodak. That they needed a power which could mix easy. Certainly easier than
D76. Ascorbic acid dissolves real easily.
But then things got out of hand.
The mixing was a little tricky but the results so unexpectedly good.
That's how the inventors tell it.

Mark Rabiner
Photography
Portland Oregon
http://rabinergroup.com/