{"id":1182,"date":"2023-10-21T13:29:45","date_gmt":"2023-10-21T13:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/?p=1182"},"modified":"2024-09-26T10:12:58","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T10:12:58","slug":"bill-troops-tf-2-alkaline-fixer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/10\/21\/bill-troops-tf-2-alkaline-fixer\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Troop&#8217;s TF-2 alkaline Fixer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Ideal for both film and paper fixing except flat grain films Kodak T-Max and Ilford&#8217;s Delta range<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is for 1 liter and start the mix with 750ml heated to about 50c to aid blending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Sodium Thiosulphate (Crystals)<\/td><td>250g (weigh this)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>or Sodium Thiosulphate (Anhyd)<\/td><td>120g (weigh this)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sodium Sulphite<\/td><td>15g or 2 x Teaspoons<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sodium Metaborate<\/td><td>10g or 2 Teaspoons<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Use it straight as mixed at 20 degrees C. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It only lasts for about 1 month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fix the film for 1 to 2 minutes and paper for 2 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fixes about 10 to 20 films and 40 10&#215;8 prints<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It washes out easily so a massive reduction in possible fixes left behind and causing issues later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tip: Test the fix on some film to check the film goes clear after a short time say 30 or 40 seconds. Much longer, then mix a new batch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ideal for both film and paper fixing except flat grain films Kodak T-Max and Ilford&#8217;s Delta range Below is for 1 liter and start the mix with 750ml heated to about 50c to aid blending. Sodium Thiosulphate (Crystals) 250g (weigh this) or Sodium Thiosulphate (Anhyd) 120g (weigh this) Sodium Sulphite [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1173,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[164],"tags":[9,202,23,203],"class_list":["post-1182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-darkroom","tag-film","tag-fixer","tag-photography","tag-tf-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Joes-Bike.png","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1182"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1769,"href":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1182\/revisions\/1769"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}