stripmonkey Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 Evening everyone. I recently mixed the remainder of my Tetenal C41 chemicals that I originally opened a few months ago. The bleach concentrate had a lot of sediment stuck inside the bottle, but I went ahead and made the solution up. Now, in the Blix mixture, there are lots of bits that float to the surface. It doesn't appear to be having any adverse effects on my films, but does anyone know if there is a neat way to get rid of these, or if it is likely to cause me future problems if I leave them? Many thanks, Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Parsons Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 Why not just filter it through a tissue ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 be sure that the "tissue" you use won't fall apart when wet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandy Vongries Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 Use coffee filters or Bounty - had and have filter funnels, but the paper was easier and disposable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glen_h Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 Coffee filters are easy to find. There are filter disks commonly used in chemistry lab, which come in larger packages. Blix is pretty concentrated, so it isn't surprising that it is hard to keep in solution. I now have a magnetic stirrer for use with photographic chemistry. -- glen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msantanaphoto Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 The exact same thing happened to me with my tetenal kit last week (second batch). I noticed no effect on the negs but it bugged me so i filtered it using an old tshirt. I repeated the process 3 times untl i saw it clear. Blix is working as it should with no effects after filtering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripmonkey Posted March 28, 2019 Author Share Posted March 28, 2019 Thank you so much for your replies everyone. I can’t believe I never thought of filtering the Blix. I’ll try some kitchen roll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Peri Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 ...I can’t believe I never thought of filtering the Blix. I’ll try some kitchen roll. I've never had to filter any of my darkroom chemicals, but I wonder if using paper towels is a good idea. There's always the chance it will tear, and there may be lint on paper towels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripmonkey Posted April 2, 2019 Author Share Posted April 2, 2019 Just a follow-up: I filtered my blix today with coffee filters. Was amazing how quickly they clogged up with solidified bits of the blix. But the result was beautifully smooth “like-new” blix. Thank you all for the “simple” solution :) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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