
Stabilizer: This is the easy one since it can be at room temperature. The developer is the most critical, temperature-wise, so I do that last so when all the chemicals are mixed I can start developing my rolls without fear that the temperature has dropped too much.

I also mix my chemicals completely backwards I start with the stabilizer, then do the blix, and finally developer.
#C 41 developer kit how to
The instructions linked don’t have the correct times for manual developing, but gives you an idea how to edit the settings.īefore mixing my chemicals, I mark all my bottles and caps with a D, B, or S (developer, blix, stabilizer) so that the caps will never cross-contaminate the bottles. This app doesn’t have a C-41 setting, but I found a way to hack one.


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