[Leica] Wendy's Developing procedures.....

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

> Wendy,
> 
> Many people on this forum use a tiny amount of Photo-flo in their final 
> water
> rinse, the idea being that they don't want to leave any residue. I think 
> many
> put the tip of a finger into the bottle and stick it in the final rinse, 
> just
> enough to break the surface tension of the water. That has never worked for
> me, so I use exactly the amount that Kodak recommends, in distilled water. 
> I'm
> sure that it leaves more residue on the reels, but SS reels don't depend on
> the film sliding in a groove, and stainless steel reels can be cleaned 
> using
> pretty strong chemicals to remove residue should it become a problem.
> 
> My problem is dust as my house was built in about 1850. It is a problem 
> even
> in one of those hanging clear plastic film dryers. I may eventually buy an
> inexpensive lab incubator and just dry the film on the reels.
> 
> Jeffery


I've never heard of anyone not using Photoflo.
I've heard of people using too much. That's common at first.
But its been a basic part of developing film for half a century.
If I was out of photo Flo I'd not run the film that day till I got some.

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Mark William Rabiner