re: Re: Waterquality for dichromate sensitizers

awef6t@itchy.mi.net
Tue, 28 Nov 1995 09:47:13 +0300

>Hi Judy,
>Of course I am not a native speaker , but some time ago I was fed up with the
>stains on my negatives. Even using distilled water and/or AGEPON was not a

If distilled water and a few drops of wetting agent do not give you clean
negs you are obviously not using a fan/heater to dry your negs.

>satisfying solution. Especially thin negs or larger black area's caused
>problems.
> By seeing a salad centrifuge working the idea was born.
>After washing the negs , I put them -before taking them out of the reel-
>in this
>centrifuge , the heart of the reel points to the wall of the centrifuge. A
>little whirling and there are no drops on the negs anymore.
>IKEA sells them for less than 5 US Dollars :-)

This also has the advantage of making the negs dry quicker with fewer dust
problems that fan/heaters have been known to cause.

Luis Nadeau
awef6t@mi.net
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada