[pure-silver] Re: flattening old black an white film
- From: DarkroomMagic <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: PureSilverNew <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2005 17:18:29 +0200
I had the same experience with 1950s negs, but I didn't apply any extra
weight. The negs were cut, put into sleeves and the sleeves went into
binders. A few years later, the negs are almost as flat as all others.
Regards
Ralph W. Lambrecht
http://www.darkroomagic.com
On 2005-08-31 16:15, "Koch, Gerald" <gkoch02@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Quoting Mark <aerialphotos@xxxxxx>:
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>> 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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