Rodinal

[shawn_wilson2]

I have little success at mixing Rodinal but I love it's look. So I was

wondering if there is a developer out there that gives you the same sharpness

and high contrast?

[larrydressler]

Rodinal is out there as is R-09 Infact Freestyle has both www.freestyle.biz But you can also get them at alot of places on the internet.

 

What do you mean by Mixing it? as in Making your own? Sounds like fun but why when you can buy it?

 

Larru

[rich_ullsmith1]

Shawn, if the problem you are having is measuring the Rodinal, you need a little plastic syringe. Well-stocked pharmacy should have them. I think PMK can look like Rodinal with some films.

[larrydressler]

I am using Rodinal as we talk I got my Syrenge free at the Drug Store... if you are afraid to ask they are 99 cents ......

 

I did not quite understand his question.... I use 1-50 and 1-100 and at times 1-200 with stand.

With R-09 that is 1-40 1-80 and 1-200 Yes I use 1-200 with R-09 it works fine.... 1 hour.

Larry

[christer_almqvist2]

And, of course, these syringes are re-usable - provided you always use them for Rodinal and

flush them with plain water between usages. Your doctor will probably give you a few used

ones for free if you explain what you will use them for. (They should not be reused for

medical purposes.)

[randall ellis]

You can get it from Freestyle again, but if you want to mix it yourself, it is important to mix in the order the formula shows the chemicals. Mix each one at a time until it is completely dissolved, then mix the two parts together.

 

Here is a link to detailed directions for mixing your own

 

http://www.digitaltruth.com/techdata/rodinal.php

 

You can also get a kit from the Photographers Formulary that will give you all the chemicals pre-measured in small bags. Just follow their directions, which are also detailed, and it should turn out fine.

 

What exactly were you having problems with? If we know which step is the problem we might be able to offer suggestions.

 

- Randy

[zachariah_edwardson]

I use Rodinal all the time, (just used it yesterday in fact) and I use a "childrens medicine dropper" to measure the compounds.

[tripanfal]

In a pinch, from a previous thread:

I dont have a beaker to measure 5 ml but...

 

My tank is a 500 ml tank for 120 film

 

1 US teaspoon = 4.92892161 ml

 

500 ml water + 1 teaspoon = 1:100

 

500 ml water + 2 teaspoons = 1:50

 

500 ml water + 4 teaspoons = 1:25

 

Don't reuse the teaspoon for food

[pnance]

If you want to mix your own Rodinal, try http://www.apug.org/forums/forum223/34163-ez-rodinal.html

this recipe is easier to use than most. I find it is liquid enough that using a small graduate, 10ml or 25ml, easier to use and clean up, I save my syringe for HC-110.

[spanky]

I also just finished up a roll in Rodinal. When I first started developing, I heard so much about Rodinal that I knew I had to give it a try. I was using D-76 and HC-110 but I was quickly sold on Rodinal. Unless I'm shooting Delta 3200 (which I use Clayton F-76+ for) I use Rodinal for everything else. When I heard Agfa was going under I bought up every bottle in LA I could find. Even now that's it's being made again I still pick up a bottle or two whenever I'm at Freetstyle. Just in case.

[larrydressler]

Lucky you I only have to pay shipping you have to drive in L.A. Traffic.

 

Larry

[joe_s6]

If you mean you can't measure it from right out of the bottle, maybe you should go back to the sandbox.

 

These types of questions frustrate me no end. "I can't do it it's too hard...but I love it, so what else can I use that's different but looks the same?"

 

Go to the freakin $1 store, get a small plastic measuring cup, measure out 1oz then add enough water for what your preferences are.

 

Gee, that was SOOOOOOOO hard, now wasn't it?

[j. salty]

Oral syringe kits have a syringe and a tapered bottle adapter with cap, that you can plug into the bottle so you can invert the bottle and draw the exact amount out. The adaptor can be left in the bottle.

[spanky]

Larry I'd crawl on my stomache to Freestyle if I needed a Rodinal fix. It would probably take me just as long too if I took the car lol!

[sharkey]

I sometimes get a wax build up in my ears, which I clean out occasionally with some warm salty water in a syringe. I also

use a syringe to measure rodinal. I bet you can all see where this is going! Dont get your syringes mixed up - I had a splitting headache

for 4 days thanks to a head full of dilute rodinal. At least they can still claim no animal testing!

[larrydressler]

Robert

 

You Animal you *g*

 

But on a serious note Do keep them seperate. When I lived with my children everything in the Darkroom stayed there.. Rule was "DON"T REMOVE IT." Now that I live alone I have a box that is marked Photo and kitchen..... As for putting things in my ear.. Ewwwww.

 

Larry