Re: Jobo 3005, PMK, & 5x7 Tri-X

I only prewet in the drum.

On Nov 19, 2004, at 8:04 PM, Eric Nelson wrote:

> My experience w/presoaking sheet film outside of a
> drum is that, initially when wet, the base side
> becomes "sticky", adhereing to whatever it is in
> contact with....such as the back of another sheet, the
> tray, and probably the inside of the tube.
> Unfortunately presoaking, before insertion into a
> half-full tube, would be necessary to get the film
> beyond the "sticky" stage, which takes a minute or
> two, before I could even load them into the drum. Not
> to mention each tube holds a total of 1 liter and
> there are 5 tubes.
>
> For whatever reason, the benefits of the "tapered
> tubes of Jobo" (sounds like sci-fi title) are not
> passed on to 5x7 film as with 8x10 in the same 3005
> drum....unless someone else has had a better 5x7 Jobo
> experience they can pass on.
>
> Eric
>
>
> --- Gregory Blank <gregoryblank@verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> Getting the lid on a fully liquid loaded drum can be
>> messy
>> and uncertain.
>>
>> On Nov 19, 2004, at 1:50 PM, Sandy King wrote:
>>
>>> I would also recommending loading the film in the
>> drum wet. This will
>>> prevent sticking and also encourage slightly more
>> chemistry exchange
>>> on the back during processing.
>>>
>>>
>>> Sandy
>>>
>>
>>
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Received on Fri Nov 19 20:04:32 2004