PMK Pyro B&W Film Developer 1 x One litre and 1 x 2 litre Trade for Rebranding

PMK Pyro the Nik & Trick Way…now supplied in child proof capped bottles for extra security.

Of course, PMK Pyro has been around for years but now it seems to have become the most overlooked but remains one of the finest of all pyro developers.

Originally formulated by the great Gordon Hutchings and was designed as a universal developer for a wide variety of modern emulsions used under diverse conditions.

We have chosen Pyrocat-HD and PMK as they are far safer alternatives to TEA based Pyro developers, which are highly Toxic in their concentrated form,

PMK stands for “Pyro-Metol-Kodalk” which, to cut a long story short refers to the sodium metaborate element, PMK yields fine grained negatives with superb sharpness and highlight detail.

The “A” stock is the developer agents and the “B” stock is the alkali, or accelerator, both components can affect or be absorbed by skin thus extra special care must be taken when handling this product, we highly stress the recommendation of the use of gloves, goggles too maybe and use it in a nicely ventilated area.

Having said that, PMK Pyro is not a difficult product to use, it’s been around so long there’s a multitude of times for a multitude of films out there, Massive Dev Chart being nicely populated of course.

To make the working solution it’s easy!  For every 100ml to be used add 1ml of Part A and 2ml of Part B.

It’s a bit particular so many recommend a couple of minutes pre-soak just to get rid of any anti-halation layers, we concur with medium and large format films….such as films by Foma and Adox but isn’t a bad rule to adhere to anyway.

It starts out clear and slowly turns orange when mixed, after developing it will come out horrible so a two good wash will preserve stop bath and even then it may colour your fix, don’t worry there’s no ill effect of that!