Response to Gainer's Vit-C developer

I was much bothered by the report of streaking and did some experiments to check it out. I developed a strip of TMY in the phenidone-c-borax concoction for 10 minutes at 70 degrees with agitation only for the first 30 seconds plus a couple of raps to dislodge bubbles. I let it stand for the rest of the time. My usual time with periodic agitation is 8 minutes. There is no sign whatever of uneven development of any kind. The negative is full scale and prints well on grade 2. (There were several negatives on the strip but all were the same subject and exposure.) I don't know what to say. I could see how there might be problems with 220 reels because of the close spacing of the grooves of the reels I have seen. I suppose you have considered that already. Sorry I can't help. If I had the problem I might be able to solve it.

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