🔗 Salt Fix
Very good results with Caffenol + Salt fix. Takes crazy amount of time though (48 hours with random agitation others report 72 hours). Makes it possible to have zero specialised or harsh chemicals to develop b&w film.
From reading Reinhold's blog about his tests with using salt as a fixer I mixed up 225g of iodized table salt into 750ml of distilled water (equivalent to 300g salt in 1L). It takes a lot of stirring to get that much salt dissolved, that's why I used distilled water, I figured that may help it dissolve. After adding the salt solution to the film I agitated it every now and then for the next 48 hours. The agitation was not on a regular schedule, just whenever I happened by and remembered. Usually I did 30 agitations then went about my business. I did not wake up in the middle of the night to agitate but I did come home from work to walk the dogs at lunch one day so I agitated then.
The biggest difference that I can see from the two negatives is the salt did not wash the coffee stains off as well as the TP-5 fix. Otherwise I'm happy with the result. The reason I wanted to try this is to have a way to develop film when I'm working on the road. I can get everything I need at the grocery store without having to smuggle hazardous chemicals in my luggage.