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tgtaylor
12-Feb-2011, 10:54
Posted below is a scan of a print that I made earlier this week. My thinking is that the crud visable at the top left is the dried residue from Photo-Flo. What is the best way to clean such a negative? Rewash and reapply Photo-Flo and dry? Use a negative cleaner like Pec?
Thanks,
Thomas
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5177/5436830557_8408f789ac.jpg
Gem Singer
12-Feb-2011, 11:48
Re-wash.
Only use a few drops of Photo Flo in a tray of distilled water. Soak for at least 2-3 minutes.
Hang to dry by the notched corner of the film, diagonally. Remove the water droplet from the bottom corner occasionally.
tgtaylor
12-Feb-2011, 19:34
Thanks Gem.
Rewashing the negative sounds a lot better than putting Pec on it. I'm glad that I sought advise before taking the quick route with Pec.
Thomas
Doremus Scudder
13-Feb-2011, 06:02
If you washed in hard water and did not use a distilled water rinse as the final step, then you may have hard water deposits. These can often be difficult to remove. I have had success soaking the negatives in a working solution of freshly-mixed stop bath (not used with carried-over developer residue in it!) for several minutes and then rinsing well and giving a final several minute soak in distilled water with a small amount of wetting agent.
If Gem's suggestion doesn't do the trick, try that.
Best,
Doremus Scudder
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