Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Here's what I do. Just did it yesterday to 9 rolls of FP4. After washing, I put about a quart of deionized water in a vessel. I open the photoflo, stick my finger in the bottle which coats my finger up to about the middle joint with photoflo, I pull it out and swizzle it (my finger) around in the liter of water. I then put the roll of film in the deionized/photoflo solution, swizzle it around, take it out, hang it in my JOBO dryer (clip on top, weighted clip on the bottom), and clamp my fingers around the film and slide them down basically removing excess water, then I do the next roll until they are all hanging and drying under filtered heated air. No spots. Basically... minimal photoflo, filtered deionized or distilled water, wiped with wet fingers, hung in a warm forced air enclosure. A large garment bag, one a foot or two wide makes a great drying enclosure. A 100 watt light bulb inside at the bottom will supply ample heat for drying film at a reasonable speed. Place a square board (plywood) in the bottom, the size of the bag (this holds the bag to its shape) and mount a light bulb in a ceramic socket on the board. Cut some holes on the bottom and the top so there is air flow and an exit for moist air. At 08:23 PM 1/29/01 -0500, Martin Howard wrote: > >I follow the instructions to the letter too. I use a pipette to measure out >the amount of Photo-Flo (7ml for 5-reel tank, 3ml for 2-reel tank). I let >them soak for about 10-20s. I vigorously shake the buggers after having >taken them out of the tank to get rid of any excess water. AND I STILL GET >*(&#@!$ WATERMARKS!! > >In fact, generally, for some reason, my negs looked like they've been >dragged behind a pickup truck on a gravel road. > >M.