[pure-silver] Re: sheets of flim glued together...by humidity?

  • From: `Richard Knoppow <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2018 13:46:16 -0700

Not had this problem. Los Angeles, while dry much of the time, can have very tropical humidity. You might try storing the film boxes in sealable freezer bags. You can put a bag of silica gel in the bags to absorb excessive moisture. Silica gel can be found with a web search. Its renewed by baking it.

On 7/13/2018 1:32 PM, Shannon Stoney wrote:

I just went out to my darkroom to load some film in holders, and found that 
there were about 8-10 sheets literally glued together!  This is the first time 
this has ever happened. I didn’t think it was THAT much more humid out there 
than in the house!  I run the AC a bit in the afternoon in the house, and in 
the darkroom when I’m working there. The darkroom is a slab on grade building 
and it stays relatively cool.  It doesn’t SEEM all that humid out there.

I plan to start storing film inside, but I wonder what other people do in humid 
areas to prevent this, besides running your AC constantly.
Richard Knoppow
dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
WB6KBL
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