Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]i always dunk it in the photoflow swirl it around a lot, run my finger down each blade, checking for smoothness, i keep it in a sealable plastic bag to keep dust off it.. fear of scratching is foremost on this paranoid mind, too. but it's never (yet) been a problem. - -rei > From: "Mxsmanic" <mxsmanic@hotmail.com> > > I have one of those exact squeegees, too. How do you ensure that it never > scratches your negatives? I've not had any problems overall, but I saw a > suspicion line on some recent negatives that I thought might be a scratch--but > it was a white line, not a dark line (meaning a dark streak on the negative, not > a scratch through the emulsion), so I can't figure out if it was the squeegee or > not. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <shino@ubspainewebber.com> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 13:50 > Subject: Re: [Leica] Darkroom help > > > > ditto on the jobo squeegee. it's worked very well for me over the last > > 15 years for both 35mm and 120. it's got multiple rubber blades, like > > those absurd windsheild wipers you see in those sharper-image wannabe > > catalogues. but for the jobo it works pretty well. > > > > -rei