Caffenol Recipes

Caffenol Black

First Version

Water - 1000 ml
Soluble Coffee - 20 g
Sodium Carbonate, anhydrous - 5 g

Mixing Instructions: Mix coffee in 1/2 liter water until it has no grain. Add soda, mix until all grittiness is gone and solution is uniform (if needed, add more sodium carbonate until a pH of 10.4 is achieved). Complete with water to make 1 Liter. Wait no more than 5 minutes until microbubbles clear. Use immediately as one-shot.
Dilution: Use undiluted.
Usage: 60 mins. (about), one shot

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2.nd Version (low fog)

Water - 1000 ml

Soluble Coffee - 20 g

Sodium Carbonate, anhydrous - 6 g

Sodium  Chloride - 4 g

Mixing, dilution and usage like version 1.

Note: Increase time to 75 min or more
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3.rd Version (low fog)

Water - 1000 ml
Soluble coffee - 20 g
Potassium Carbonate, anhydrous - 10 g
Fine table salt - 4 g

Mixing and dilution like version 1.

Usage - 90 minutes

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Long Lasting Caffenol  (LLC)

Water - 1000 ml
Potassium Metabisulfite - 0,5 g
Soluble Coffee - 10 g
Vitamine C - 5 g
Phenidone 0,2 g

Sodium Carbonate, anhydrous - 22 g

Potassium Bromide - 0,5 g

Mixing: Mix by the given order, in 800 ml of water and complete to 1000 ml at the end. 

Dilution: Use undiluted

Usage: 20 minutes (about), reusable at least 3 months, 12 films