[pure-silver] Re: Weird Film Issue - Part II
- From: Bob Younger <ryounger@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 8 May 2012 13:39:31 -0700
Adrienne,
I would not use plain distilled water. Also, a couple two or three drops of
LFN or photo-flo are plenty. All you want to do is break the surface
tension of the water. The film you're seeing is probably photo-flo.
Bob Younger
On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Adrienne Moumin <photowonder2010@xxxxxxxxxxx
> wrote:
> I am overwhelmed w/all the help and insights from so many of you, I had
> a heart full of gratitude while I was attempting to de-film the film today!
> (Unfortunately, that wasn't enough to overcome the weird physics of
> whatever is at work in this situation!)
>
> Taking into account all the suggestions, I ran the 3-roll Paterson tank
> (not Jobo - senior moment there!) thru a 5-minute stop bath (w/agitation
> the first 30 sec, then 5 out of each successive 30 sec), followed by a
> 7-minute water wash, followed by a 2-minute-full-agitation in distilled
> water, then a 1-minute full-agitation in a 2L distilled - 2oz. 70%
> isopropyl - 3/4 capful Photoflo mix.
>
> I very gently "finger-squeegeed" 2 of the 3 rolls because I saw all the
> Photoflo bubbles sitting on the film's surface (despite my best efforts to
> hand and blow-siphon them off in the tank); the 3rd I left alone as a
> control of sorts.
>
> To my relief, the small string of beaded dried chemistry is gone, but the
> "film: is still there - albeit in new patterns, which gives me hope that
> there IS a solution, which I just haven't hit on yet.
>
> Back to CVS for another gallon of distilled, I will try again tomorrow
> with plain distilled, unless anyone has a different idea?
>
> Thank you, my friends and fellow photographers-in-crime, this would be a
> mighty lonely and frustrating time if not for all of you!
>
> -Adrienne
>
>
> *Adrienne Moumin
> Handmade B&W photographs and photo-collages:* www.picturexhibit.com
>
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