Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/11

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Subject: Re: [Leica] film curling
From: S Dimitrov <sld@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 12:46:52 -0700
References: <B6F97B8A.20BC%douglas@dysmedia.com>

Try leaving an inch or two of water in the tube. It might slow down the
drying time, but the ambient moisture will leave the film supple and
flat. 

Slobodan Dimitrov


Douglas Cooper wrote:
> 
> Now that I'm set up to do film processing in my sink, I'm having only one
> problem:  the film curls excessively when drying (in the normal way -- from
> side to side, in towards the emulsion).  I hang clips from it, but I don't
> have any special drying facility -- it just hangs from the shower curtain
> rod.  Is there some trick to flattening out the negatives?  It's so bad that
> the (admittedly shoddy) negative holders on my Epson scanner now scratch the
> surface of the film as I load it.
> 
> 
> Douglas Cooper
> http://www.dysmedia.com
> 
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