Re: washing sheet film
Judy Seigel (jseigel@panix.com)
Thu, 14 Mar 1996 03:30:36 -0500 (EST)
On Wed, 13 Mar 1996, Jack Fulton wrote:
> Ilford, for 35mm has some 1/2 way recent info. Use fix twice as strong as
> usual for film. Fix normally a la twice clearing time. Of course, it is
> fresh. Then they say to rinse the tank. Then fill up and agitate 5 times.
> Dump. Fill and agitate ten times. Dump. Fill and agitate 20 times. Voila!
> Film is archivally washed. I am filled with fear so I further put in a
> wash aid and fill and agitate again twenty times and dump and fill and
> agitate again twenty times w/water. Dump. Fil w/photoflo. Maybe if you
> applied that practice to a sheet film tank where the sheets are in some
> slots it'd work.
There is no way the thin large sheets would stand up in a tank -- if I had
a tank that big, nor would I trust the long wet times, because the film
accrues one painful sheet at a time (being enlargements made from 35 mm)
-- but that protocol for 35 mm is VERY interesting! I wonder if it's been
confirmed by "independent authorities." Anyone?
Judy