[LargeFormat] Help, scratches on negative..

[Achal Pashine]

Dear Uncle and Curt,
to be honest, I am still confused. You both mean vertical (tall rather than
flat) containers of the size which can hold 4X5 negatives, no? Again the key
seems to be to suspend the negatives 1 inch off the bottom, how does one do
that? Uncle mentioned some kind of hangers but I did not get what he meant.
dip and dunk means I need to hold onto negatives vertically by something?
anything "commercial" recommended?
Pl write off list, if this is trivial; I do not wish to clog the traffic on
list.
thanks,
achal


Achal Pashine


----- Original Message -----
From: "Curt Miller" <hmiller4@berkshire.rr.com>
To: <largeformat@f32.net>
Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 4:58 PM
Subject: RE: [LargeFormat] Help, scratches on negative..


> > Dear Achal,
> >
> >      Sounds like agitation scratching. Trays I have found are good if
you
> > can shepherd only one sheet at a time and even then try not to
> > let it touch
> > the surrfaces too much.
> >
> >      Could you go down to the local market like I did and find 3 plastic
> > food holders - the kind that sit in the refrigerator with a plastic lid.
I
> > got rectangular ones that allow me to suspend sheet film in them with
> > nothing touching it but the liquid? A dip and dunk action to
> > agitate and no scratching. Also cheap.
> >
> This is good advice.  In fact, if you are careful choosing the size of the
> food container, you can find ones that will actually hold two negatives
> back-to-back, suspended an inch off the bottom of the container.  You can
> then put a lid on the container so developer doesn't slosh all over your
wet
> bench.  I've used this method in the past with PMK and have gotten
gorgeous,
> scratch-free negatives.
>
> Curt Miller, M.P.A.
> Classic Photography by Miller
> B&W Photography - Minox to 8x10
>
> http://www.curt-miller.com
>
>
>
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