Forum: Photography


Subject: Un-mixed Developer..... It's turned Brown!

Michelle A. opened this issue on Sep 12, 2004 ยท 9 posts


Michelle A. posted Sun, 12 September 2004 at 8:39 PM

Bought a bottle of paper developer in May, I used a small bit of it and then didn't step a foot in my darkroom all summer.... When I opened the bottle to mix a new batch last week, the developer had turned brown in it's original bottle. I mixed some and used it..... I wasn't working on anything important just wanted to make some contacts and print a few RC test prints for images I'd like to print up on fiber. I'm wondering if I should just toss the stuff.... the prints looked OK.... I did just buy some Dektol which I haven't mixed up yet, but it seems a waste to toss a bottle that's 3/4 full...

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