Another problem solved for me! Ammonium thiosulfate is very hard to get in Australia too; I was about to resort to buying commercial fixer. Many thanks again for your wonderful videos, John.
thanks for your kind reply, I make this up 1 liter at a time than divide it into 500ml batches to use with film. My last batch seemed to go off early. I went to use it yesterday and it had a skunk smell to it so i used my backup. when i went to make a new batch I found the error. since I have been sidelined with a hip replacement It has been a couple weeks since I have developed a film. So i have no Idea why it went off early. It is great to see you reply to these comments with everything else you have going on. Wishing well to your mom and family. Cheers!!
Amazing fixer thanks John, I love it , I've made my first litre a few weeks ago... after around 15/16 rolls the clearing time is getting longer and longer... it seems to me that the conventional acid fixers I used in the past had much more capacity... what do you think? Can I replenish it with 10 grams of ammonium chloride or something else?
Thanks for this video. I have been making my own developers for a while now, it I want to make my own fixers as well. One question; is this solution used as a stock fixer or is it diluted?
Hi John, excellent video as usual. I know you said you'd use this fixer for the pyro developers, but can you make it an alkaline fixer? By, say adding S metaborate or carbonate? Or can 250g of S thiosulphate in TF-2 be replaced with 200g of S thio and 50g Ammonium chloride? Or is there a rapid alkaline fixer. My go to film is Tmax and newly adopted developer is Pyrocat HD. Life is too short to be spent on fixing ...
@@PictorialPlanet Fototechnik Suvatlar, my usual raw chem suppliers for nearly everything. Just made an order of 20l of TEA and 3kg pyrogallol for this month!
That's a good question. I buy from a chemical supply company and it's reasonably high grade. That would be the best option or you might introduce some unwanted contamination.
Hi! thanks for your videos! Can I use ammonium thiosulfite to replace ammonium chloride? and sodium sulfite to replace potassium metabisulfite? What amounts should I use?
@Xavi_Magazine Sorry to dupe my reply but I can't see it for some reason. Look down the page for the fix called TF3. This fix replaced the ammonium chloride with ammonium thiosulphate and uses sulphite not metabisulphite. Thus is the formula you want.
That is a interesting comparison. You said you would use this with Pyro developer. Will it keep the stain? Our would TF3 a better choice with Pyro and Delta or t-Max?
I don't think it would affect the stain, perceivably. It's only mildly acidic but TF3, if you can get ammonium thiosulphate would be the best of the two.
10-20. I make fresh when it takes twice as long to clear the film as when it was fresh. In this demonstrations case that would be 2:40 to clear the film.
Does this work on non tabular grain films?
Another problem solved for me! Ammonium thiosulfate is very hard to get in Australia too; I was about to resort to buying commercial fixer. Many thanks again for your wonderful videos, John.
Glad you can source ammonium chloride. It's much easier to get here too and is the 'old' way of making rapid fix. Works a treat!
thanks for your kind reply, I make this up 1 liter at a time than divide it into 500ml batches to use with film. My last batch seemed to go off early. I went to use it yesterday and it had a skunk smell to it so i used my backup. when i went to make a new batch I found the error. since I have been sidelined with a hip replacement It has been a couple weeks since I have developed a film. So i have no Idea why it went off early.
It is great to see you reply to these comments with everything else you have going on. Wishing well to your mom and family.
Cheers!!
Thanks for your kind words 🙏 Hope you get more life out of your new batch.
Amazing fixer thanks John, I love it , I've made my first litre a few weeks ago... after around 15/16 rolls the clearing time is getting longer and longer... it seems to me that the conventional acid fixers I used in the past had much more capacity... what do you think? Can I replenish it with 10 grams of ammonium chloride or something else?
It won't have as much capacity as your old acid fixers. Once it's doubled in time to fix the film make fresh.
@@PictorialPlanet thanks again dear John, yes I'll be making another litre very soon👍
Dear John, what is the shelf life of this fixer?
I've never tested the shelf life. I'm usually through a litre in about three months though, so at least that.
@@PictorialPlanet 3 months is good enough, thank you
Thanks for this video. I have been making my own developers for a while now, it I want to make my own fixers as well. One question; is this solution used as a stock fixer or is it diluted?
Hi Larry. Use this as stock. It'll fix 10-20 films or 30 10x8 papers. Similar to my previous TF-2 video.
Thanks John , excellent informative video as ever . Answering all my questions again ! I owe you a dram or several.
You're on!
Hi John, excellent video as usual.
I know you said you'd use this fixer for the pyro developers, but can you make it an alkaline fixer? By, say adding S metaborate or carbonate?
Or can 250g of S thiosulphate in TF-2 be replaced with 200g of S thio and 50g Ammonium chloride?
Or is there a rapid alkaline fixer.
My go to film is Tmax and newly adopted developer is Pyrocat HD. Life is too short to be spent on fixing ...
I've never tried. I think if you want a really good alkaline rapid fix use TF3 from my book.
I buy ammonium thiosulphate by the 5kg bucket for like £30. Easy peasy for me to get a hold of it :) I make TF3
May give this a go too though John!
Where, James? I'll add to my suppliers list?
@@PictorialPlanet Fototechnik Suvatlar, my usual raw chem suppliers for nearly everything. Just made an order of 20l of TEA and 3kg pyrogallol for this month!
I will add it under that company in my suppliers list. Thanks, very helpful for my viewers, James!
@@PictorialPlanet let Saban know I sent you his way :) glad to be of help
@Jack Warner great!
Does the ammonium chloride need to be of a particular grade? Amazon US has a pound of fertilizer/feed grade ammonium chloride for $9.99.
That's a good question. I buy from a chemical supply company and it's reasonably high grade. That would be the best option or you might introduce some unwanted contamination.
Hi! thanks for your videos! Can I use ammonium thiosulfite to replace ammonium chloride? and sodium sulfite to replace potassium metabisulfite? What amounts should I use?
Check out my website: www.pictorialplanet.com/advanced_photography/alkaline_fixers.html
@@PictorialPlanet Yes, I have visited your website on many occasions. I've checked again, but I still don't know how to replace the chloride.
@Xavi_Magazine ah, look down the page at TF3 fix. This formula replaces the chloride with ammonium thiosulphate.
@Xavi_Magazine Sorry to dupe my reply but I can't see it for some reason. Look down the page for the fix called TF3. This fix replaced the ammonium chloride with ammonium thiosulphate and uses sulphite not metabisulphite. Thus is the formula you want.
@@PictorialPlanet thanks John!
That is a interesting comparison. You said you would use this with Pyro developer. Will it keep the stain?
Our would TF3 a better choice with Pyro and Delta or t-Max?
I don't think it would affect the stain, perceivably. It's only mildly acidic but TF3, if you can get ammonium thiosulphate would be the best of the two.
@@PictorialPlanet Thank you, yes here in Germany i can get it as Powder or 60% solution. Will try this when testing one of these modern films…
Thanks John! I don’t typically shoot T Max and rarely Delta but if I do I’ll give this a try.
Yeah, there's no real advantage for those of us who shoot FP4, HP5 or PANF.
Another superb video. looks like I will be ordering more chemicals this week :)
Thanks, Ian!
More wonderful content, John. How many rolls can you fix with a liter of this?
10-20. I make fresh when it takes twice as long to clear the film as when it was fresh. In this demonstrations case that would be 2:40 to clear the film.
@@PictorialPlanet so it's the same as TF-2, which I love using.
Similar and faster. Lasts about the same but fixes t-grain films better. If you are just using FP4 or HP5 (or similar) as I do then TF-2 is perfect.
@@PictorialPlanet you do realize I blame you for turning me into a mad scientist. Lol
Ha! Too funny!!
Any suggestions where to buy chemicals to make fixer and developer in the US?
Sure! I've used The Photographers Formulary a lot. stores.photoformulary.com