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Ended up with a stash of Kodachrome film this morning. 25, 40 and 64. 36-ex rolls, 54 in all. All dated 1990-1991.

Nice, that is about when I stopped using that film - always 64, never used the 25 and don't even remember ever seeing the 40. Can it even be processed?
What is there in caffenol, that it is removing remjet ?Oh MAN, am I ever turning green over here!!
If you develop it in Caffenol, it will take care of the remjet and essentially blue-scale the film. I have one roll of 64 that came with my brother-in-law's Spotmatic kit, and I've been keeping it in the fridge for the day I'm brave enough to try it out. Can't wait to see what you do with this, Sparky!
What is there in caffenol, that it is removing remjet ?Oh MAN, am I ever turning green over here!!
If you develop it in Caffenol, it will take care of the remjet and essentially blue-scale the film. I have one roll of 64 that came with my brother-in-law's Spotmatic kit, and I've been keeping it in the fridge for the day I'm brave enough to try it out. Can't wait to see what you do with this, Sparky!
OK. Thanks. Washing soda is a sodium carbonate, many developers have that.What is there in caffenol, that it is removing remjet ?Oh MAN, am I ever turning green over here!!
If you develop it in Caffenol, it will take care of the remjet and essentially blue-scale the film. I have one roll of 64 that came with my brother-in-law's Spotmatic kit, and I've been keeping it in the fridge for the day I'm brave enough to try it out. Can't wait to see what you do with this, Sparky!
It's the pH level. Here's a link:
Lomography - Lomo Experiments: Bluescale Your Old Kodachrome 64 Stash!
He mentions using Borax to soften the remjet after developing in regular B&W chemicals but the Caffenol already has washing soda and probably at higher concentration than you'd use for a Borax soak, so it deals with the remjet during development.