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Frank Pittel

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Mar 17, 2012, 7:52:14 PM3/17/12
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Earlier today I was at a local store and lost my head in the heat of the
moment! I ended up getting a gallon of glacial acetic acid and then went online
and ordered 10 grams of bromocresol purple dye to make an indicator stop.

Has anyone here made their own indicator stop and if so how much of the bromostresol purple
do I need to add to a gallon of 28% stock?

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Andreas Gugau

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Mar 17, 2012, 7:58:04 PM3/17/12
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Am 18.03.2012 00:52, schrieb Frank Pittel:
> Earlier today I was at a local store and lost my head in the heat of the
> moment! I ended up getting a gallon of glacial acetic acid and then went online
> and ordered 10 grams of bromocresol purple dye to make an indicator stop.
>
> Has anyone here made their own indicator stop and if so how much of the bromostresol purple
> do I need to add to a gallon of 28% stock?

Just a hint: Except you're doing a 100 papers a day, just use your stop
one day and then throw it away. For developing film it's some 10 to 14
films and then change the stop. It really costs nothing.

Andreas

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Frank Pittel

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Mar 17, 2012, 9:08:48 PM3/17/12
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Andreas Gugau <ne...@andreas-gugau.de> wrote:
: Am 18.03.2012 00:52, schrieb Frank Pittel:
: > Earlier today I was at a local store and lost my head in the heat of the
: > moment! I ended up getting a gallon of glacial acetic acid and then went online
: > and ordered 10 grams of bromocresol purple dye to make an indicator stop.
: >
: > Has anyone here made their own indicator stop and if so how much of the bromostresol purple
: > do I need to add to a gallon of 28% stock?

: Just a hint: Except you're doing a 100 papers a day, just use your stop
: one day and then throw it away. For developing film it's some 10 to 14
: films and then change the stop. It really costs nothing.

: Andreas

When printing I dump the stop after each session but often need to replace the stop during
a printing session. I like the indicator in the stop since it reliably lets me know when the
stop needs to be replaced!

darkroommike

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Mar 16, 2013, 3:31:56 PM3/16/13
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Darkroom Cookbook has a formula for an indicator stock solution that you can add to you acid. It's a great book and you should have a copy.

Indicator for Stop Baths
Bromcresol purple, 10% solution, 9.25 g
Sodium hydroxide, 1.0 g
Distilled water to make 250.0 ml

Add a sufficient amount of this solution to any amount of fresh 28% acetic acid to cause it to be clearly visible as yellow. When the pH of the acid becomes higher than 6.8 the bath will turn purple. Discard at the first signs of changing to purple or sooner.

An alternate method is to place 24.0 ml of stop bath to be tested in a container. Add 2 drops of the testing solution. If the stop bath remains yellow it is still good. If it turns purple time to deep six.

Caution: Dissolve the sodium hydroxide in a small volume of water in a separate container before adding it to the solution of the other constituents.
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