Response to Basic paper developing question...

Leave prints in Dektol a minute or two, with continuous gentle agitation. Drain them about 15 seconds, and then into the stop bath for 30 seconds. Drain another 15 seconds, and into the fix. Rosin-coated paper needs to fix about 3 minutes, fiber paper longer, according to the manufacturer's instructions. Standardize your developing time at a minute or 90 seconds so you can get consistent and repeatable results. I use one minute for Dektol. Ten seconds is way too brief a time, even for rosin-coated paper. The emulsion needs more time to fully absorb the developer and produce its full tonal range.

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