How to develop negatives in a dark room Ingredients: A negative to print 100% Cotton cosmetic pad Rubbing Alcohol A light tight room (Must be well ventilated) (Bathrooms with towels shoved under the door can work well) Running water Safe light 4 Trays for chemicals Enlarger with a condenser head (and bulb) Paper easel (holds the paper in place under the enlarger) Timer Squeegee (Technically optional, but highly recommended) Drying rack/clothes line and pins Grain enlarger (optional) Emulsion paper - doesn't matter much what you use. I prefer fiber paper. Gloves and apron are optional. Chemical storage bottles Developer Stop bath Fixer Hypo clear Process Step One: Place film in the developer back for 3 minutes exactly and constantly agitate the solution by gently rocking the tray side to side. Make sure the solution is the correct temperature and the correct ratio of water and developer. Step Two: After three minutes in the developer remove film from developer bath and place in stop bath, which stops the development of the print. Keep in stop bath for about 30 seconds and make sure the stop bath is the correct temperature. Step three: After the stop bath, place the film in the fixer solution for one minute. Be sure to constantly agitate the solution. Fixer is a chemical solution that makes a photographic image insensitive to light. Fixer, also called Hypo, dissolves unexposed silver halide crystals while leaving the developed silver image. Step four: After the fixer bath, rinse the film in a tap water bath in a yellow tray for one minute then inspect the film. After the film inspection return the film to the water bath for at least one minute. Step five : After the water bath, place film in a tray for the archival rinse which removes any excess fixer and chemicals which increases the effectiveness of the final wash Step six: Finally, place the film in the final water bath which removes all excess chemicals from the film. Step seven: Place the negatives on a drying area |