Digital BW, The Print

Hello Alex. I own a pro B&W lab in Santa Monica. I have been using the Jobo 
reels for 12 years with out one time that I can remember of having trouble 
loading the reels. I can easily load 2 120 rolls of film on one reel and its easy 
to load a single roll of 120 film also. Occasionally I will have the film get 
cought on the edge of the reel during loading and a gentle tap on the side of 
the reel takes care of that problem. I would recommend the jobo reels over any 
other reel around. The one problem that you will find is that after a while 
of use the reels become coated with scum from the developing process. I found 
that soaking the reels in Cibachrome bleach from the P3 cibachrome kit 
completely dissolves this off the reels and leaves the reels completely clean. I do 
wash the reels well after the bleach soak and I have never had any problems with 
this method of cleaning the reels. I tried other methods of cleaning the 
reels and nothing works better then the Cibachrome bleach. Be careful when using 
the bleach because it has a lot of sulfuric acid in it. When I am done with the 
bleach I nutralize it with baking soda. I hope that this information is a 
help to you. Steve


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