====== Farmer's Reducer (Kodak R4a) ======
Substractive bleach for overexposed or fogged film.
Substractive...
===== Preparations =====
Prepare stock solutions as described below:
**Part A**
|Water, | 300 ml |
|Potassium Ferricyanide, | 37.5 gr |
|Water, | to make 500 ml |
**Part B**
|Water, | 1000ml |
|Sodiumthiosulphate, | 480 gr |
|Water, | to make 2000 ml|
Finally, prepare working solution as specified below:
**Working solution**
|Water, | 850ml |
|Part A, | 30 ml |
|Part B, | 120 ml |
===== Instructions for use =====
- Soak the film in water.
- Put the wet film in a tray of working solution, agitate carefully.
- Inspect and remove film from tray as soon as density is sufficiently dense, or slightly before.
- Apply a quick rinse in water to abort further bleaching.
- Inspect and repeat if needed.
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=== For prints ===
Mix 10-14 parts of water with 1 part of A and 1 part of B.
===== Notes =====
For a weaker solution, keep proportion of part A and part B and dilute in more water.