Clip 'em to the radio aerial on a '54 Oldsmobile and drive around the block a few times!
Clip 'em to the radio aerial on a '54 Oldsmobile and drive around the block a few times!
I steal time at 1/125th of a second, so I don't consider my photography to be Fine Art as much as it is petty larceny.
Some brilliant ideas and suggestions.
Many thanks
I use little electronics alligator-clip things that I bought at radio shack - just hang them by the corners (clipped just outside of the image area). I've also used those black springy stationary clips (the very small size). Just hang them from a line. If you have hard water, something like Edwal LFN wetting agent will be very useful in getting the water to run off and not leave stains. I usually have to dab the lowest corner with a cotton shirt to remove the last big drops after a couple of minutes (otherwise they evaporate and leave a stain on the corner).Originally Posted by Keith Cocker
What is wrong with just hanging your sheet film hangers on a line and letting them dry! I have never had a negative problem from doing that, but always let them dry overnight to make sure all is dry on the bottom corner. Of course, always soak them in wetting agent before hanging them to dry. This has worked fine with 4x5, 5x7,
8x10, and hugh xray film.
I use a pink plastic clothes hanger (you gotta use pink) and make small hooks out of soft wire looped around the hanger rail. Small plastic clothespins have a hole to hang them on the hooks. Then clip the negs by a corner and hang the whole mess from a big rubber band around the shower head and close the curtain.
I've found the shower is the most dust free place in the house and least likely to be affected by passing people stirring up air currents. I also dab the drop of water from the lowest corner as others have pointed out. I use a final rinse of Photo-Flo in distilled water.
FWIW, I use this method for roll film also but use a suction-cup hook on the shower wall to hang the film clip.
i do that too, over my sink,I do like Vaughn does. That is a piece of string run through the center of the springs on ordinary wooden clothes pins. I guess it takes two or three hours to dry like this. It would, of course, depend on local atmospheric conditions.
but i also have a plastic storage closet.
instead of putting in the shelves,
i drilled holes and put framer's wire ( braided )
across back and forth. it works great and i can
make prints still while my film is drying.
Paul is right about using the shower.
If you don't want to hang the negs up to dry, you could simply place the bottom edge on a paper towel and lean them up against something (wall?) at a high angle to ensure that the water drips off, with the emulsion side facing down to protect from dust. Just make sure the edge of the negative only is touching the wall and the paper towel.
To really get the water off, consider a final wash in distilled water mixed with a SMALL amount of fotoflow (or TINY TINY amount of dishwashing soap.)
Chez nous, c'est vive les clothes pins!
...and it allows me to spend money on other things.
Peter Collins
"Growing older is not for sissies." --anon.
Guys, guys...try one of these.
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Depending on the number of negs to dry, I either place them in the airing cupboard on clothes hangers (the type with rubbered clips), or I hang them in my room from the arm of a tripod.
Nothing fancy
I have a drying cabinet in the shed, but it sees little use. I should bring it into my room which would be more useful, however my room gets hot enough as is!
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