Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I feel your pain. I now use just a tiny amount of PhotoFlo in distilled water, hang the negs up, and gently run my CLEAN index finger and middle finger down the length of the film like a very loose squeegee. Then it's into the film dryer. How are you drying them? That may be when the crud attaches. Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA http://www.400tx.com -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Arche, Harvey Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2006 4:03 PM To: LUG@leica-users.org Subject: [Leica] wiping wet negs I've never found a technique I was really happy with for stripping water from film after photo-floing. My current method is a slow pass down each side with a piece of wrung-out chamois that has been dampened in distilled water. Photo-flo and a pre- photo-flo rinse also of distilled water (we have hard water here). I'm still getting a lot of crud, and since I'm starting use softer films I have to be very careful of scratches. All suggestions gratefully considered. Arche _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information