Stablizer ... difference?

[Photo Engineer]

Hey, do not ever rinse a film in water after using the manufacturers recommended stabilizer or final rinse chemistry.

A dip in water as a rinse, or a dip in plain photo flo will undo the benefits of any stabilzer.

If my statement was unclear in that previous post, I apologize.

PE

[Discpad]

I use the Tetenal E6 3bath kit and never saw any reference in the manual to a final rinse after the stabiliser, i.e. not in the Dutch version of the manual: "stabilising happens outside the tank. 1 minute" but no further description of a final rinse...

I found this very strange and (luckily) decided to always do a rinse after the stabiliser.
G

PE is 1000% correct -- You'll wash off the preservative residue if you rinse after stabilizing!