Response to Weak XTOL

Oxidation is the likely cause. When I first started using XTOL I was storing it in one of theose accordion style plastic bottles and my Xtol wasn't lasting 4 weeks. I mentioned this to a Kodak rep at the Photo Expo in NYC and he suggested I use glass bottles. I now store my 1 ltr of XTOL in 4 250ml amber glass bottles (filled to the brim). Each bottle holds enough to make a 1:1 batch in my SS tank for 2 36exp rolls. My XTOL now lasts about 2 months which is about the shelf life of my old standard developer D-76.

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