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photo-flo handling

from Joe Holcombe (joe1013_@excite.com)
reading the recent posts about photo-flo has me wondering about a few things

i've heard about mixing it weaker than kodak recommends and using distilled water, but never anything about not letting it foam or not letting it sit for longer than 30 seconds…..when i agitate the film in photo-flo i often get foam (not a lot but some obvious bubbles) and at times i've let it sit in the photo-flo for up to several minutes.... are these bad things?

i do have a couple negatives from different rolls that have brown spots on them that dont want to polish off with water, could this be the cause? also once i'm done with the photo-flo soak, i vigorously sling the reel several times to remove liquid and then once i take the film off the reel i "pop" it a few times holding it by the ends, are these safe/normal procedures for getting spot-free negatives?

thanks

joe

(posted 8494 days ago)

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