Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/30

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Darkroom help
From: lea <lea@whinydogpress.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 07:08:39 -0500
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Oh, any old, used, washed-many-times cotton cloth will work. When I had younger
siblings and then a daughter of my own I used cloth diaper fragments. An old
worn towel part works great these days.

Lea

"Griffith, Lucian" wrote:

>  lea [mailto:lea@whinydogpress.com] wrote:
>
> >I'm in KC and tho our water is fine I always use a soft cloth to wipe down
> the
> >non-emulsion side of my film after I hang it to dry.
> >
> >Wad up a piece of cloth in your hand, use just a bit to wipe the negs and
> make
> >darn certain that none of it wraps around and hits the emulsion or it will
> be
> >full of dust and lint.
>
> What sort of soft cloth?
>
> Does anyone use a rubber squeegee on films to eliminate drying marks?

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In reply to: Message from "Griffith, Lucian" <griffil1@anz.com> (RE: [Leica] Darkroom help)