-----Original Message----- From: pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Edward C. Zimmermann Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 4:55 AM To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 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. ============================================================================================================To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.