Film Processing Chemicals

Because metol is relatively toxic and can cause skin sensitisation, modern commercial developers often use phenidone or dimezone S (4-hydroxymethyl...

Acetic Acid is a colourless liquid that has a characteristic pungent odour and boils at 118°C. Although not glacial (100%) it is entirely miscible ...

Antifoggants are used to restore out of date paper. Papers containing incorporated developers usually keep less well than those without developers ...

Sodium Hexametaphosphate or Calgon, has the property of holding calcium and magnesium salts in solution, even when boiling, making it a great water...

Pyrogallol or Pyrogallic Acid is a developing agent often used for its tanning qualities. It most famous use of recent times was by Gordon Hutching...

Ascorbic Acid is often refrred to as the Vitimin C film developer. Some modern developers often replace the toxic Hydroquinone or Metol with ascorb...

Boric Acid is used as a fine grain developer additive or a solution buffering agent when used with Borax. It can also be used as an acid fixing bat...

Bellini C-41 Colour Negative Film Developing Kit - 5L The Bellini C-41 Colour Negative Film Developing Kit is a complete home and lab processing s...