On Jun 22, 2004, at 7:07 AM, Mike Hord wrote:

> IIRC, in college we used cheap cheap cheap powder detergent.

Cheap replacement developers I've heard used include lye (sodium or
potassium hydroxide) (rather dangerous and nasty), Washing soda (sodium
or potassium carbonate), and sodium metasilicates (which are a common
ingredient in harsher detergents.)

Some simple tests might be in order.

BillW

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