Re: Forte PolyWT not responding to filtration

"Gregory W. Blank" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Typically the paper "Forte" has a five life span whereby
> the paper starts to lose sensitivety. The emulsion indicates
> the paper is well beyond five years old. You probably purchased
> it five years ago, when it had several years life left in the box.
>
> I would still keep the paper and use a stronger developer, like
> Dektol 1+3 or 1 to 1an more contrast filteration,
> the extra softness should keep the image tone fairly warm if you
experiment.
>

Guess I better get used to warmtone contact sheets. I have 3 boxes left.
Some Agfa MCP 310 less than 10 years old also went bad. It responds to
filters but is pretty fogged. Interestingly I have some Dupont Vee Cee from
the 60s that is a touch fogged (cured by ~15ml/qt .5% benzo) but is
otherwise fine. Also some Portriga #2 from the 70s seems to be OK if a touch
soft. The curse of having a freezer.

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