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Negative Processing Chemistry Research

Chems

Dev

Ascorbic Acid (vitamin C)

225g - $13 - ebay - $0.057/g
1000g - $40 - ebay - $0.040/g
500g - $23 - ebay - $0.046/g
450g - $35 - ebay - $0.077/g
225g - $17 - ebay - $0.075/g
450g - $20 - ebay - $0.044/g
900g - $30 - ebay - $0.033/g

Sodium Carbonate (Soda Ash)

500g - $40 - ebay - $0.080/g
680g - $37 - ebay - $0.054/g
1000g - $30 - ebay - $0.030/g
100g - $5 - ebay - $0.050/g
500g - $12 - ebay - $0.024/g

Stop

As the developer isn't as aggressive, we can get away with water bath for stop.

Fix (non-hardening)

Sodium thiosulfate (pentahydrate/crystalline)

400g - $37 - etsy - $0.0925/g
113g - $7 - ebay - 113g – $0.0619/g
2500g - $50 - ebay - $0.0200/g
1360g - $55 - ebay - $0.0404/g
1360g - $50 - ebay - $0.0368/g
450g - $15 - ebay - $0.0333/g

Sodium sulfite (anhydrous) - Increases shelf-life of fix, not necessary

30g - $40 - ebay - $1.33/g
500g - $150 - ebay - $0.30/g
500g - $50 - ebay - $0.10/g
450g - $30 - ebay - $0.07/g
450g - $23 - ebay - $0.05/g
225g - $16 - ebay - $0.07/g
450g - $14 - ebay - $0.03/g
100g - $10 - ebay - $0.10/g

Articles

https://petapixel.com/caffenol-developing-film-with-coffee/

https://www.35mmc.com/18/08/2020/polyphenol-developer-alternatives-a-world-full-of-options-by-daniel-keating/

Possibly with espresso given that we have coffee roasting and an espresso machine?