Response to Loading a developing tank - emulsion side in or out

Hmm,

just the other day, I developed some Delta3200 and HP5+.

I didn't have my neg sleeves at home (I'd left them at work), so I rolled up the dried film, put it into canisters and cut and sleeved it the next day.

When they came off the hangers after drying (I just use a clothes peg top and bottom off a piece of string across the shower), they were nice and straight, no curling or spooling problems.

After rolling and storing in the canister, they wanted to stay rolled up.

So it would seem to me that you could reverse any bend after drying by curling the film in the opposite direction.

Then again, are we talking rolling (into spools) or curling (into a long cylinder) problem? If curling, then make sure your clips (top and bottom) hold the film flat (across) when drying.

duncan

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