How to Develop Brownie Film

Transfer the film onto the spiral film reel. Put on the protective gloves. Enter the darkroom and extinguish all light. Open the Brownie film container, gently pull the film out, and roll it on the film reel, taking care to limit contact with the surface of the film. Trim the ends of the film as necessary with scissors. Set up the water bath pan by filling it with water. Measure the temperature and ensure that it is at 75 degrees Fahrenheit. Add cold or hot water as necessary to approach that temperature. Pour 60 milliliters of developer into one of the beakers. Add 240 milliliters of distilled water to the beaker and stir with the rod. Place this beaker in the large deep pan, ensuring that the contents are immersed in the liquid but that no additional liquid can enter the beaker. Mix the stop bath by pouring 15 milliliters of stop bath solution into an unused beaker; add 285 milliliters of distilled water, and stir. Place the stop bath beaker into the large water bath pan. Finally, mix the fixer solution by combining 60 milliliters of fixer with 240 milliliters of water in the third beaker. Immerse the fixer beaker in the water bath pan. Use the thermometer to determine the temperature of the water bath. Add cold or hot water as necessary to ensure that the temperature remains at 75 degrees. Pour enough developer into one of the deep glass dishes so that you can fully immerse the spiral film reel. Set the timer for 12 minutes, immerse the film reel into the developer and stir gently with the stirring rod until the time has elapsed. Remove the film from the developer solution. Discard the solution.

Turn on the darkroom safelight. Pour enough of the stop bath into a new deep glass dish so that you can immerse the film. Set the timer for a minimum of 10 seconds and immerse the spiral film reel in the stop bath. Stir the bath gently with the stirring rod. Remove the film at the end of 10 seconds.

Pour enough of the fixer into a new deep glass dish so that you can immerse the film. Set the timer for a minimum of three minutes and put the spiral film reel into the fixer. Stir the solution gently for three minutes. Remove the film from the liquid and retain the fixer for subsequent use. Place the spiral film reel into the fourth deep glass dish and wash the film by slowing covering it with the distilled water, pouring off the liquid as necessary until you have washed the film for at least five minutes.

Attach the film hook to one end of the film and remove it from the spiral film reel. Hang the weighted film hook to the other end and hang the film from a suitable place to allow it to dry. Use the hair dryer's low setting to speed up the drying process. Once dry, the film is ready to process into prints.