I would coil it backwards on the original spool, fasten it with tape and check a couple of days later to see if it is easier to load. gregory _____ From: pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Speedy Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 12:41 PM To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [pure-silver] Need help with tightly curled film... I am posting this for a friend who has asked my advice. Any help on this would be educational and most greatly appreciated. My friend wrote: "I have been wrestling with the most cantankerous and miserable spool of 120 film I have ever dealt with. It has rolled and taken a set so tight that whatever I do I cannot get it to start and stay in the spool when I try to load it. Any tricks or suggestions from your past that you can pass on? I mean when you let go of one end of this baby it snaps back into a tight roll loke a metal spring does. It stays coiled so tight I can't even keep it flat to start it on the roll, even after creasing it about an inch into the film. I have it separated from the paper and sitting in my tank loose at this point." THANKS! Speedy _____ Need to know now? Get instant answers with Windows Live Messenger. IM on your terms. <http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/connect_your_way.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_W L_Refresh_messenger_062008>