ALAÇATI, TÜRKİYE

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Thank you, Glenn. :)
I miss Izmir's 1973 urbanscape and sense of community.
 
Thank you very much, Rob. :)
Indeed, a unique room on a unique building, just across an art gallery.

Since we moved to southern California in 2010, I've used distilled water in all film developments, except the final wash with tab water and LFN (wetting agent) in distilled water again before hanging the film to dry. The tab water hardness is higher here. For darkroom printing, I use distilled water instead of stop bath to reduce the environmental impact. Alkaline fixer (processed through hazardous management centers) , as the developer is alkaline, allows me to get by with water, rather than acidic stop bath. This is good for the paper as it stays in alkaline environment all the way. It also reduces the print's final archival wash time and saves water in general. Practically speaking, I have 2 chemicals in my print darkroom. It is good for my health too. A gallon of distilled water is about 60 pence here. It costs me a Starbuck frappucino a week that I don't care much. A cup of Turkish coffee at home is about 10 pence.
 
Simply superb Nihat.

I often use just water in place of stop for paper (or even just skip that step if I'm only printing a few). I always use distilled (UK) or deionised (Germany) water for the final rinse for films and find I don't need a rinse aid as it obviously doesn't leave a residue.
 
Thank you very much, Pete.
LFN proves to be better than Kodak's rinse aid. 2 and 3 drops in Jobo 1520 and 2520 tanks do a good job. I'll try your method though.
 
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