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Subject: [Leica] Free: unopened packets of Xtol
From: richard-lists at imagecraft.com (Richard Man)
Date: Tue Feb 5 18:04:18 2008
References: <D0109548AAB33E40188B3081@hindolveston.reid.org>

Brian, can I come pick it up?

I am alternating between 777 and Xtol :-)

At 05:50 PM 2/5/2008, Brian Reid wrote:
>I have 3.5 pounds of Xtol mix (a 5-liter pack and about 8 1-liter 
>packs), all still in its original Kodak packaging. Free to anyone in 
>the USA who will PayPal me postage and handling.
>
>(I don't want to have to do the export paperwork needed to ship 
>chemicals outside the USA.)
>
>Safety warning: my horrible problems in getting Xtol to work 
>properly with the city water supply is what made me stop having fun 
>in the darkroom, which led directly to my going all-digital and 
>shipping my entire darkroom overseas. There is a vast amount of lore 
>about how to make Xtol work for you. I recommend that you not try to 
>claim this Xtol unless you have used Xtol successfully before.
>
>Additional safety warning: Kodak stopped making the 1-liter packages 
>because of poor quality control. This is mostly 1-liter packages. I 
>had no end of grief with Xtol from the 5-liter package, so I never 
>even tried to use the 1-liter packs.
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// richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, 
please use richard at imagecraft.com) 


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