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I've had two summers where our shelf temperatures went over 110 for a few days. The power of course went out, and I had a few questions around stable fixer concentrates that are neutral or alkaline. I've had the tops blow off of bottles, spectacularly blowing the contents of a bottle of platinum ...

I was looking at a few ideas (that are likely wrong) on taming the contrast and development speed for X Ray film that haven't been addressed anywhere I can find, and wanted to kick this out there.

1. Can dropping the temperature of the solution be a useful strategy? Using Rodinal at high dilution ...

page 113 of volume VII American Journal of Photography from 1903-
[Correspondence] From Mr Chapman Jones in the English Amateur Photographer:
4 oz. (113 grams) hypo
20-30 grains, (1.29-1.94 grams) Sod. Carbonate
1/4 oz. (7 grams) Sod. Sulphite

32 oz​ water?

Fix until clear.
Then put into fresh ...