Digital BW, The Print

In a "home darkroom" it can be tough. Start out making sure all your 
development tanks are dust free, rinsing them out right before you use 
them will help.  If you get small particles in your water, filter it. 
Use a wetting agent like Photoflo as a final rinse to reduce the surface 
tension so the negatives will dry faster. And finally don't leave them 
up to dry any longer than absolutely necessary. If you can dry them in 
some sort of enclosure that would also help.

And finally buy a static master and learn to use the software tools ( 
assuming you scan ) to remove dust spots.

Truman

Richard Cooke wrote:

>Hi All,
>
>I've recently built a "sort-of" Plugercam out of an old Bronica S2A I
>bought off of ebay and I'd like to start developing the negatives at
>home but I've never had much luck in keeping the dust and spots off of
>them.
>
>What are folks doing to keep your negatives clean and dust free?  How
>do you dry them?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Richard Cooke
>
>PS. Please excuse this post if this has been covered here but I tried
>looking through the archives without any luck.
>
>  
>



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Don't forget the PhotoFlo.

Shire,Stanley wrote:

> Caution!! Entering instructional mode!
>
> Richard:
> There are a number of "old" tricks for keeping negs dust-free until
> they're dry.
>
> 1. If you are developing and/or drying in a bathroom with a shower, turn
> on the hot water for a few minutes to fill the room with steam. The
> moisture in the air will grab the airborne dust and settle it to the
> floor.
>
> 2. Make a drying "cabinet." There is a bag, made to hang in a closet for
> clothes. It's about 16"x20"x5' as I recall. It's similar to the hanging
> shoe bags minus the shelves. Cut a small hole in the bottom to fit the
> nozzle of a hair dryer. Now, cut a hole in the top and cover it with a
> few layers of cheesecloth. The war air from the hair dryer comes in the
> bottom and exits at the top. The cheesecloth is just to keep dust out.
> This cabinet is easy to keep clean with a damp cloth.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Cooke <rcooke@...>
> [mailto:rcooke@...]
> Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 3:27 PM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Digital BW] B&W developing at home
>
> Hi All,
>
> I've recently built a "sort-of" Plugercam out of an old Bronica S2A I
> bought off of ebay and I'd like to start developing the negatives at
> home but I've never had much luck in keeping the dust and spots off of
> them.
>
> What are folks doing to keep your negatives clean and dust free?  How
> do you dry them?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Richard Cooke
>
> PS. Please excuse this post if this has been covered here but I tried
> looking through the archives without any luck.
>
>
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I use Photoflo and the hang the negatives above the tub, squeege-ing 
them first very carefully.  I take them down, cut the negatives into 
strips and put them in holders as soon as I can.  While I have not 
had a problem with dust, I do have one with edge to edge curl, 
sometimes worse than others.  Any suggestions on how to get a roll of 
film to dry flat.  I weight it at the bottom.

Steve


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Mark Savoia 
<mark@c...> wrote:
> Don't forget the PhotoFlo.
> 
> Shire,Stanley wrote:
> 
> > Caution!! Entering instructional mode!
> >
> > Richard:
> > There are a number of "old" tricks for keeping negs dust-free 
until
> > they're dry.
> >
> > 1. If you are developing and/or drying in a bathroom with a 
shower, turn
> > on the hot water for a few minutes to fill the room with steam. 
The
> > moisture in the air will grab the airborne dust and settle it to 
the
> > floor.
> >
> > 2. Make a drying "cabinet." There is a bag, made to hang in a 
closet for
> > clothes. It's about 16"x20"x5' as I recall. It's similar to the 
hanging
> > shoe bags minus the shelves. Cut a small hole in the bottom to 
fit the
> > nozzle of a hair dryer. Now, cut a hole in the top and cover it 
with a
> > few layers of cheesecloth. The war air from the hair dryer comes 
in the
> > bottom and exits at the top. The cheesecloth is just to keep dust 
out.
> > This cabinet is easy to keep clean with a damp cloth.
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Richard Cooke <rcooke@r...>
> > [mailto:rcooke@r...]
> > Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 3:27 PM
> > To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [Digital BW] B&W developing at home
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I've recently built a "sort-of" Plugercam out of an old Bronica 
S2A I
> > bought off of ebay and I'd like to start developing the negatives 
at
> > home but I've never had much luck in keeping the dust and spots 
off of
> > them.
> >
> > What are folks doing to keep your negatives clean and dust free?  
How
> > do you dry them?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Richard Cooke
> >
> > PS. Please excuse this post if this has been covered here but I 
tried
> > looking through the archives without any luck.
> >
> >
> > Please visit the Group Homepage to check the Files, Bookmarks, 
Polls and
> > other resources as they are often being updated. The page is at:
> >
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint
> >
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Stephen-

Try clipping the outter edges to the line, not the center of the film.  If
it's 120, all the more reason.

Use two clips at the bottom also, one on each corner.

Since photographic materials curl toward the emulsion, putting more tension
on the center forces more curl.  The reason you see more curl sometimes is a
variation in Relative Humidity --the hotter and dryer, the more the curl.
Radio Shack has a temp/RH meter for about $20 that will show you the
changes.

The "run the hot shower" trick should increase humidity and lower the curl.

Seth



=From: Stephen Kobrin <skobrin@hotmail.com> 
=Subject: [Digital BW] Re: B&W developing at home
=
=
=strips and put them in holders as soon as I can.  While I have not 
=had a problem with dust, I do have one with edge to edge curl, 
=sometimes worse than others.  Any suggestions on how to get a roll of 
=film to dry flat.  I weight it at the bottom.
=