[net.rec.photo] Washing aids

kanner@tymix.UUCP (06/10/85)

I wonder if anyone out there has either definitive experience or solid
technical knowledge with respect to the flock of "hypo eliminators" that
are being marketed these days.  A typical one is Edwal "4 & 1".  Their
recommendation with respect to "normal" processing of DW paper is:
	one minute in running water,
	three minutes in their magic brew, and then
	fifteen minutes in running water.

For "archival" processing, they say follow the above with three minutes
in a second bath of "magic" and a final fifteen min wash.

Do these things really work?  A "I've been using them and my prints are ok"
response won't tell me much, because I, too, have used these nostrums when
I am in a hurry and my prints seem to have held up for a few years so far.

Thanks in advance.

-- 
Herb Kanner
Tymnet, Inc.
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