Metol 2.5 g
Sodium Sulphite anhydrous 3.5 g
Glycin 0.75 g
Potassium Carbonate crystalline 7.5 g
Pinacryptol Yellow 1:2,000 solution 3.5 ml
Water to 1 litre

Use once and discard. Do not use Calgon etc.


Concentrated Stock Solutions

Solution A

Metol 25.0 g
Sodium Sulphite anhydrous 35.0 g
Glycin 7.5 ml
Water to l litre

Solution B

Potassium Carbonate crystalline 75.0 g
Water to 500.0 ml

Solution C

Pinacryptol Yellow 1:2,000 Solution.


Making Up

A. Use water boiled for just 3 mins then cooled to about 30ºC. In 140 ml of water dissolve a pinch of the weighed sulphite before the Metol, then the rest of the sulphite and add the Glycin. If the Glycin remains as a yellow suspension after 3 mins mixing, add a pinch of the weighed carbonate and stir, repeating the operation if it still fails to dissolve. Alternately, replace 50 ml of the water by isopropyl alcohol which will dissolve the Glycin. Make up to 500 ml. Filter and bottle This solution will keep for a year unopened, but should be rejected when discoloured to a deep yellow (glycin devs are usually a golden tint on making up); party used concentrate should also be rejected when deeply discoloured. Fresh glycin is a reflectant gold yellow in colour.

B. Dissolve the Potassium Carbonate crystals in 400 ml water prepared as for A and make up to 500 ml. This solution keeps indefinitely in a full bottle.

C. Keeps indefinitely away from strong light. After two years, however, reject as a change in activity may occur thereafter.


Working Solution. Use once and discard.

A - 50 ml, B - 50 ml, C-3.5 ml, make up to 1 litre. Mix well before use.

Development Times. As for FX-1

General Notes
If agitation is reduced to every other minute or third minute with an increase in time of 33% to 50%, negatives of interesting internal gradation and accutance may be obtained. Agitation can be abandoned altogether with a further increase in time. Dilution may be doubled or trebled to form stand developers over 1-2 hours at room temperature. This developer is more "pictorial" than FX-1, which is designed for maximum resolution and definition primarily; FX-2 is far less sensitive to flare, and less demanding on apparatus.