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Equipment & Techniques => The Wet Darkroom => Topic started by: RFPhotography on July 16, 2013, 02:59:01 pm

Title: Scala in E6 w/Bleach Bypass
Post by: RFPhotography on July 16, 2013, 02:59:01 pm
Anybody tried processing Scala in E6 and skipping the bleach stage? 

I tried doing some Scala in E6 years ago and it came back as blank acetate.  I did some research and it seems that it's the bleach stage that causes the problem.  It, of course, bleaches away the residual silver and leaves the colour dyes.  In B&W there are no colour dyes, it's all silver.

The same researching suggested that bypassing the bleach would work.  Anyone tried it?

Thanks.