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Here's a cutting test I did with the duff Rodinal. From the left: Tri-X (leader from one of the failed rolls), RPX 400; both dipped in roughly 1+7 R09 one shot, then fixed for about a minute, enough to clear. Then Tri-X again (the other failed roll) and RPX 400, dipped in ca. 1+40 HC-110 (from syrup) and fixed until the dipped part cleared. Left sides were left out of the fixer to illustrate what the undeveloped and unfixed base looks like.
Tested with a pH strip, the rodinal solution read like 12 or 13, a very rich deep blue. So it wasn't nuked by mis-washed dishes, or by acidic water (which tested pH 7-8 immediately after).
I think this conclusively shows that the Rodinal is fucking dead as a doo-doo. Arguments against?
