Reusing Fix for Developing Film

Video Transcript

"So after five minutes, my fixer is done. I always want to save my fix, so I have a funnel, old fix container. These are OK to use, these are great to use. I just pour it in. Now the thing about fixer is, that you can reuse it. So, it's another great reason, other than just for the environment. Save some money, keep using this. And I pour it in here. I try to label all these containers too, like used fix, new fix. Once you get a rhythm down to how your darkroom system runs, you'll find that it really works very, very easily. Now one person, many people, have asked me, well how can you tell when your fix is good. This is a chemical right here, called Hypoject, and what I do is drop a few drops of this, into my fix, and it tells me if my fixer is exhausted. That's the technical term for your fixer being no good anymore. And I said previously, if your fixer is no good, you can recycle it. Don't ever dump it down the drain."