[Leica] Xtol question -- getting personal

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

> pmcc wrote:
>> My original question
>> relates to how to determine its actual longevity in
>> the bottle (half-liter brown boston rounds, filled to
>> the top), at the margins of experience and
>> advisability; when the stuff works for me, it has
>> worked well. 
> 
> I remember your point, Peter, and I'm glad you asked. I hadn't seen the
> solution (cough) before.
> 
> Daniel
> 


Ironically with all the Xtol failure stories it will keep in a filled
Stoppered glass bottle for about a year.
No other developer is rated anywhere near this long.
Most are 4 to 6 months.

Iron in the water is the culprit I just read.



Mark William Rabiner
Harlem, NY

rabinergroup.com