I try to keep my darkroom shoveled-out on a regular basis, otherwise the stuff accumulates everywhere. I have a museum of mostly yellow boxes growing on my shelf. There are more than a dozen boxes of film I'm not using and it is so outdated, 30 years and more, that it is pointless to have around. I have Tmax (only 13 years out), Super XX, Isopan (I don't know how old that is), Techpan (it is probably still good and I'm using that), and a few others. Mostly 4x5, but I know there is some old 8x10 there too.
Do others have this problem? I saved it to load the developer in the drum when I would only need to develop 1 or 2 sheets. Then I'd add some fully exposed sheets of something to make sure the developer exhausted at its normal rate. Now I'm not using a drum anymore, so I'm not sure there is a reason to have this stuff.
It has not been stored in the refrig. It is stored in my darkroom at about 60 to 80F. I'm sure it has fog on it.
What should I do with it? Is there some use for it that I don't know about?
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