Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Last night I tried Ted's dunk and drain approach. It worked. Thanks, Ted, for passing this on! Roy On 20 Feb 99 at 11:50, Ted Grant wrote: > > The major error committed by most photographers using a wetting > agent is...THEY USE TOO MUCH! Everyone of us has made that mistake > at sometime, usually at the beginning learning stage. > > What if there isn't any distilled water available? > > Quick fix and no marks. > > Immediately after washing, a ___"FEW DROPS"___ like that is two or > three, into clean water. dunk films and swish around. Then lift > out and return to another clean water tank or container plunge the > rolls in and out, drain. And before removing film from reels, hold > reel firmly in hand and flick arm and hand forcefully towards floor > to shake off additional rinse water. > > Hang and dry....DO NOT SQUEEGE OR TOUCH FILM! I have used this > metheod for quite a few years and the secret is...ONLY A FEW DROPS > OF WETTING AGENT, I use kodak Photo-flo and using A SECOND QUICK > CLEAN WATER RINSE. This is dunk and drain!