Balls'd up the developing

Kev M

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Last night I souped my first two rolls of SFX200. As soon as I poured the stop out I new I'd cocked it up. The stop live in a 6pt milk carton adn there's about 1.5l in there. I poured it into my a measuring jug but only poured 600ml into it. Two rolls in a Patterson4 need 1000ml.:bang: Not much I could do at that point so I put the fix in and left it for a few minutes.

I pulled the rolls out and left them to dry. When I came back to them this morning I noticed the first roll out (the top one in the tank) had a tide mark and some staining. I assumed that this was where the developer wasn't stopped and kept going while I was surfing the net.

I've just checked the other roll which had enough chemicals to cover it and there are some similar stains (a bit yellow) as the other roll despite the fact there were plenty of chemicals.

Can they be recovered? There's actually a couple of decent negs that might be worth printing and it'll be a shame if they've been stuffed by some crappy processing. I've heard people say you can re-fix films but can they be re-stopped or is it even worth it?

TIA,
Kev
 
Did you agitate the stop in the tank? If so probably did a sufficiently good job of retarding development, most people just use water. I'd stick the film in fix for 10 minutes - clears most stains. Some marks don't print anyway and at least you'll know the images are permanent.
 
I agitated the stop when I put the stop in and about a minute later I think. I'll give them another fix & rinse and see what happens.

Cheers:thumbs:
 
I'd go for a water soak for a few mins first...
 
My god, I don't even use stop, I just flush the tank with water for a minute or so.
I think all bets are off on a rescue job of film already fixed, unfortunately..:(
 
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