[Leica] Re: jobo reel in dishwasher

[Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>]

FYI...

Many dishwashers have a "wetting agent" dispenser built-in and many people
keep it filled. This dispenses the agent during the final rinse so that
your dishes and glassware do not spot. Exactly like using a wetting agent
on film. Also, many (perhaps most) modern dish washing detergents contain
the wetting agent so that a separate dispenser is not needed. Bottom line
is that most dishwashers add wetting agent to the wash.

Before using a dishwasher for your reels, you should check your detergent.
And check that your spouse does not fill the wetting agent dispenser,
should your washer have one. And don't forget that the drying cycle in some
dishwashers gets "really hot". Probably not the greatest thing for plastic
reels. Use the cycle that doesn't dry.

This FYI is simply so that you will double check what you are doing instead
of possibly adding fuel to the fire.

Jim


At 04:19 PM 5/26/99 +0000, you wrote:
>I got so scared about the effects of wetting agents on Jobo reels that I
>did not dare read all the postings. I have been using wetting agents from
>the start and never rinsed the reels after use. My twenty year old reels
>that I keep as back-up at my summer house look as if it would never be
>possible to reload them. Last night I put them through the dishwasher using
>the heavy duty program we never use otherwise. They came out looking just
>like the dishes in the TV commercials! This morning I loaded the films.
>Easy as pie. I used Xtol and the films were perfectly developed although
>the soup had been standing here since February. Some of you guys see too
>many problems everywhere. And you load the reels starting with the wrong
>part of the film. Push the end end (i.e the one with # 36 etc) of the film
>in first, it has got nice  rounded edges if you cut it off as close as
>possible to the spool, at least on Delta.
>
>Gut Licht   everybody
>
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