Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/19

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Subject: [Leica] Jobo Reels and photo flo
From: firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)
Date: Fri Jan 19 16:14:26 2007
References: <03ed01c73c1a$29ea84c0$6401a8c0@FrankDell2> <631820A4-957D-4663-BF0D-F5E2499F48B9@ncable.net.au> <001401c73c27$92e9b790$6501a8c0@asus930>

I have "mistakenly" used photo flo in tanks that I have owned for 30  
years and they still load with the same "degree" of difficulty. I  
mean I wash them after the "flo", but when I read not to a year or so  
ago, I did wonder what was supposed to be the problem

Cheers
On 20/01/2007, at 11:11, G Hopkinson wrote:

> Alastair, I think that Photflo stands accused of leaving a sticky  
> residue in the reel which can make loading next time more
> difficult. I do use Photoflo to avoid drying marks on film, I  
> haven't encountered the loading difficulty. I have had the lid come
> loose (twice!) on Jobo tanks recently and lost film. Not nice. It's  
> a shame because I like the reels. Back to Paterson for me.
>
> Cheers
> Hoppy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org  
> [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On  
> Behalf Of
> Alastair Firkin
> Sent: Saturday, 20 January 2007 10:03
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: [Leica] Jobo Reels and photo flo
>
> Can someone explain the problem with photo flo and reels to me.
>
> Cheers
> On 20/01/2007, at 9:35, Frank Filippone wrote:
>
>> JOBO 1500 series reels.  Plastic, used in amateur darkroom, never
>> seen PhotoFlo ( or similar).  Very clean, used at 75F only... no
>> high temp.  These are the adjustable reels for 35mm or 120.
>>
>> I have 7 reels.....   Take them all for $35 Plus shipping.
>>
>> Frank Filippone
>> red735i@earthlink.net
>>
>>
>>
>>
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In reply to: Message from red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] FS: Jobo Reels)
Message from firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin) ([Leica] Jobo Reels and photo flo)
Message from hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson) ([Leica] Jobo Reels and photo flo)