I second John Hicks suggestion to use a higher dilution. I had pretty good luck with DDX 1:9 (its probably not any different than the 1:8 John mentioned, its just easier math. I think DDX gives slightly crisper, crunchier grain than Xtol. Its easy to use since it comes as a liquid but it costs more than Xtol, if that matters to you.(posted 8229 days ago)