Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ken: If you have stainless reels, I would put reel and all in, making sure the reel gets cleaned well afterwards. Do not put plastic in the photoflo as it reacts with the plastic and can cause a buildup and cross chemical contamination. I use plastic reels and just split them in half while the film is on it and dump the film in the reeled up state in to a 2 cup measuring cup with photoflo. Regards, Robert At 11:16 AM 2/18/99 -0500, you wrote: >How do people put their film through the photoflo once it is off the reels. >I find it difficult to handle. > >Ken > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: DonjR43198@aol.com [SMTP:DonjR43198@aol.com] >> Sent: Thursday, February 18, 1999 10:46 AM >> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Film reels (was: B&W film (long)) >> >> Photo Flo and other brands infiltrate in to the welds of the stainless >> steel >> reels and then pay out the next time you develop film and the chemical >> attacks >> the developer. Be sure to run the reels through the wife's dishwasher to >> remove the Photo Flo if you do dip the reels into PhotoFlo. >> >> DonjR43198@aol.com > > > >