I just received a shipment of Kodak Rapid fixer and the instuctions were illegible. Could someone please help me with how to mix this stuff for film?

-- ashley kuehn (ashman@home.com), December 22, 2000

Answers

For film, use 4 oz of solution A (fixer) and maybe 13 ml of solution B (hardener) diluted to 16 oz as your ratios. Leave out solution B if no hardening is desired. For paper, use 2 oz of A and 6.5 oz of B in 16 oz. I don't recall exactly the amount of hardener to use for film, but the hardener bottle may say. Also, the Kodak web site probably has all this info.

-- Keith Nichols (knichols@iopener.net), December 22, 2000.

For film, mix with water in a ratio of 1 part fixer to 3 parts water. Add a small quantity of hardener if desired (probably only necessary for high temperature processing). Kodak recommends fixing times of from 2 to 4 minutes.

-- Ed Buffaloe (edb@unblinkingeye.com), December 22, 2000.

I would leave out the hardener. You don't need it with modern films.

And yes, 1 part Rapid Fixer to 3 parts Water.

I use the same dilution for film and paper, with a short paper fix time.

-- Terry Carraway (TCarraway@compuserve.com), December 23, 2000.