Original Message: ----------------- From: Marilyn marilyn@xxxxxxxxxxx Here in the southern California desert cold water coming from the tap is sometimes 85 degrees. This is hot for processing black and white film and the times/temperatures on the back of the chemical bottles only go up to the temperature of 75 degrees. Marilyn, Try Diafine. It is a two bath compinsating developer that works in a temprature range of 70-85 degrees. http://www.dunnamphoto.com/diafine_developer.htm DLS -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .