Toyo Film Holders

**Toyon** · 20-Jul-2008, 11:54

Just air them out for a couple of weeks. They are better than Fidelity/Lisco/Riteway but the darkslides are more liable to develop small fractures.

**arthur berger** · 20-Jul-2008, 14:26

It is the 8x10 Toyo film holders that smell awful. The 4x5 ones that I have do not have an odor. My 8x10 Toyo holders havent lost that smell in over a year.

**Michael Alpert** · 23-Jul-2008, 11:29

I also have some 8x10 Toyo holders that need some sort of chemical treatment to get rid of their smell. What causes the odor and how can it be eliminated?

**evan clarke** · 23-Jul-2008, 12:54

I have a couple dozen of them which I bought from Badger about 5 years ago and they have had no smell...EC

**snip** · 24-Jul-2008, 13:21

Originally Posted by Sal Santamaura

Be sure to tell us how they smell:

http://www.largeformatphotography.in...hlight=reeking

I'd love to buy more but, unless Toyo moved production back to Japan and/or has gone back to using the same plastic resin it did 10 or more years ago, won't.

I just bought some from Robert White, they smell LOVELY and they work really really well, they are glued as well as riveted.

//Jan

**Santo Roman** · 26-Jul-2008, 19:40

My holders smell like fixer and stop bath. Just like my aftershave.

santo

**Charles Hohenstein** · 28-Jul-2008, 14:55

Originally Posted by Santo Roman

My holders smell like fixer and stop bath. Just like my aftershave.

santo

I wish that I could get cologne that smelled like fixer. Is there a more delectable scent?

**Santo Roman** · 28-Jul-2008, 22:08

Originally Posted by Charles Hohenstein

I wish that I could get cologne that smelled like fixer. Is there a more delectable scent?

Charles...No there is not a better scent. The colleges in NJ are now switching to a non-scent fixer/stop bath. I thought that was part of the experience of majoring in photography. Hell, when I was in school that was the only reason why i wanted to be in the darkroom all day.

santo