[pure-silver] Re: flattening old black an white film

  • From: "Koch, Gerald" <gkoch02@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 10:15:23 -0400


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Subject: [pure-silver] Re: flattening old black an white film


Quoting Mark <aerialphotos@xxxxxx>:

> Well I have some older black and white negs I would like to print.  
> One
> big problem.  When the orginal processing was done, they just rolled
the 
> negs without cutting them on to a cardboard spool looking container
that 
> now leaves the film effectively spooled for life.  I would much rather

> be able to cut these and store them in more current negative holders
but 
> they just are not flat enough.

What I have done in the past when confronted with this problem was to
cut the film and put it into storage sleeves and put the sleeves under a
weight such as a large book and leave them there for several weeks.
This removes most of the curl and leaves the negatives manageable.
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