Thanks so much for your responses to my previous posting (2005-08-04).

I bought another box of T55 and the gel isn't much different- I still have to masage the gel off with fingers- a minute or two for each sheet. The gel is kinda bonded to the emulsion. This is after hour or more in recommended SS solution with occasional agitation. I have not tried water with small amount of dishsoap. I posted to Polaroid and they did not have much to suggest over what you have already described. However, they are giving me a voucher for a free box of 55. They also invited me to send some of my unprocessed 55 film to their labs for analysis: I am going to do this. Based on feedback in forums, I get the impression that this product is having significant drifts in production quality- many people report that the gel comes off relatively easilly and others report the same problems I have. If this is true and Polaroid is not aware, sending samples will help.

Thanks, Kip.