drying 4x5 negs...

[Dean Taylor]

hello LFP pros!

please take a moment to clarify: is this the preferred method of drying 4x5 negs (using metal hangars designed for the task)...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF-QsuXC7Wk

or, are there other means at one's disposal?

thank you!

Dean

[jp]

I dry them like prints, clothespin on a wire.

[Drew Wiley]

Simple line and clothespins above the sink.

[Lenny Eiger]

I use a wire stretched across the room, with stainless steel clips, small "binder clips" that one gets in a stationery store, either #0 or #1. Works for all formats, to 8x10, at least.

Lenny

[Pfiltz]

I dry them like prints, clothespin on a wire.

:)

Yep

[RawheaD]

I make custom hanging thingies, where you take a paper clip and partially stretch it so that one end is semi-permanently hooked to a binder clip and the other end forms a hook. This I can hook onto anything from a clothes line, lamp shade (my favorite in fact), clothes hanger, etc. etc.

[Light Guru]

is this the preferred method of drying 4x5 negs (using metal hangars designed for the task)

Your question is written as if you think there is only one right way to dry negatives. There are many ways to do it.

That person drays them in metal hangers because thats what they developed them in. People that don't develop in metal hangers would not do that.

You REALLY need to search the forum before posing a question. A question about drying negatives was posted just yesterday.
http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?100937-Suggestions-for-drying-film

Other results from a simple search.
http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?95604-DIY-Film-Dryer&highlight=drying+film
http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?88936-Very-small-film-dryer&highlight=drying+film
http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?93174-Drying-negatives&highlight=drying+film
http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?92862-Drying-Large-Negatives&highlight=drying+film

[Drew Wiley]

I have another system too, just in case I need to put the darkroom to another use while the film is drying and don't want the
sheets getting contaminated. I have a cabinet with a simple fan at one end (made from a cheap room air cleaner), and an
intake filter at the other, made from a fine permanent coffee filter funnel. The wire line is inside, and there are little wire
hooks attached, which fit thru the registration holes of the film (since a lot of my past film work invoved registration punches). For some odd reason, ACROS film already comes with one little hole in the corner, which will accept my hooks.

[Andrew O'Neill]

I just use cord and plastic clothes pegs.

[Dan Henderson]

A long time ago I used stainless steel hangars and tanks to develop my film. I did hang some film up in their hangars but I did not like the results: negatives sometimes stuck to the hangar when dry and at least once damaged a negative. I also did not like the uneven drying where water collected longer on the bottom of the hangars, leaving drying marks. So now, regardless of the developing method, my negatives hang from the same clothespins and lines on which my prints also dry.

Another trick I learned is to give the negatives a final rinse after washing in distilled water with one drop of Photo-Flo and one capful of isopropyl alcohol added. The negatives dry more quickly with no mineral deposits left behind.

[Jim Andrada]

You could move to Tucson where the film seems to dry faster than you can hang it up! In fact it seems to be completely dry about 15 seconds before taking it out of the final rinse.

Well, maybe a bit of an exaggeration, but things do dry quickly enough that you can shoot after lunch, process before dinner, and scan before bedtime.

[munz6869]

90783

I hang my film with wooden clothes pegs off an IKEA kitchen thing I've put on the darkroom wall. It's very neat, and will also dry up to 16 8x10" prints...

Marc!

[Leigh]

Hangers, and of course PhotoFlo

- Leigh

[photoevangelist]

hello LFP pros!

please take a moment to clarify: is this the preferred method of drying 4x5 negs (using metal hangars designed for the task)...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF-QsuXC7Wk

or, are there other means at one's disposal?

thank you!

Dean

I made this mistake when I saw 4x5 metal hangars like this in our darkroom. I messed up my negatives this way. One time was enough for me to never do this again.

Those hangars were made to do developing in a stainless steel tank. I use very, very small metal paper clamps and hang them in the drying cabinet.

[photoevangelist]

90783

I hang my film with wooden clothes pegs off an IKEA kitchen thing I've put on the darkroom wall. It's very neat, and will also dry up to 16 8x10" prints...

Marc!

I like this idea!

[Leigh]

How is it that bad results always get blamed on the equipment, when others use the same gear with no problem?

- Leigh

[mpirie]

Although I use a Durst UT100, i attach the film using these clips: http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/20079342/

Regards,
Mike

[Ben Calwell]

When I was in a hurry, I would use an old hair dryer to dry one sheet at a time, holding it with an alligator clip.

[bobwysiwyg]

Jobo sheet film clips are very good. Secure grip on film sheet with little contact. Sadly I haven't found any recently so perhaps the are discontinued. If you find any though grab them.

[photobymike]

I dry them like prints, clothespin on a wire.

so do i sometimes 30 or 40 negs at a time..... whats the big deal? use "hardener" in your fixer .. and you will not have a dust problem

[Michael W]

A long time ago I used stainless steel hangars and tanks to develop my film. I did hang some film up in their hangars but I did not like the results: negatives sometimes stuck to the hangar when dry and at least once damaged a negative. I also did not like the uneven drying where water collected longer on the bottom of the hangars, leaving drying marks.
I had the same problem and quickly stopped using them. Now I hang the film with a clothes peg type clip at one corner. No problems.

[Leonard Evens]

I dry Ilford films by hanging each by a single plastic clothespin on its corner with the pin held to a hanger by another clothespin. I use a spnge to remove the bead of water which appears on the opposiite bottom corner of the sheet. They dry fine that way without any significant curl.

[Jody_S]

Clothespins on wire hangers on shower curtain rod. If I'm worried about dust, I shower before hanging them up to dry, that cleans 99% of the dust out of the room. Plus it removes the smell of Rapid Fix, which my wife does not find sexy.