Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Glen: I may be mistaken but as I understand it it's wash agents (like permawash) and stabilizers (like Jobo's own) that are a problem, not wetting agents. Tom At 8:21 AM -0500 5/21/99, Glen M. Robinson wrote: >Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net> on 05/21/99 06:37:39 AM > >Please respond to leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > >At 08:54 PM 20-05-99 -0700, you wrote: >>The current issue of the JOBO newsletter arrived. They said that "any" >>wetting agent will build up over time, on your >>reels, making them difficult to load. Basically, don't put your reels in >>any wetting agent. > > >I have read this advice many times before and it does not make >sense. Photo Flo >and the other like materials are nothing other than very dilute and highly >soluble surfactants (soap) . Most photographers only mix three or >four drops of >the stock wetting agent in the water in a developing tank, normally sixteen >ounces. Adequate rinsing of reels placed in the diluted wetting agent should >remove any lingering traces of the agent. Placing reels containing freshly >processed film in a Photo Flo solution has been my practice for the past 25 >years and I have never experienced any problems with reels. If wetting agents >build up on rinsed reels then we had better stop washing dishes. > >Glen Robinson Thomas Kachadurian WEB PAGE: http://members.aol.com/kachaduria