Good to know Tom.The water up here in Dave and Brendan country is VERY
hard.Fouled up a 40 gallon gas water heater in 14 months.Furnace humidifier last just
one season.
As i am probably only going to procces 2-3 rolls per month uuntil
summer horse season,i was planning on using the "bring home" stuff
to help eliminate as much gunk as possible.
I have had to rewash a lot of negs i used in class(done in a lab) with photoflow,as
they
were
just riddled with dust and spots.
I dunk and swishbut still a few remain.Do you recomend a cleaning in photo flow
AND a towel off,so to speak or just let drip dry.Its very frustrating to spend
all that time with test strip etc then take the print out to look at
and the first thing i see is dust .I'm reluctant to rewash a neg and chaimos it,unless
the concenses is its safe.
Dave
Dave
On a related note, when I moved to my current location, I noticed that
> I was getting water spots on my film when they dried. Basically the
> water here is very hard and leaves deposits on the film surface.
> Apparently it's very stubborn too, as 2 vigorous baths in distilled
> water doesn't totally remove the gunk either.
>
> Anyway, I was going through loads of filtered water, which is a PIA to
> lug home, so I tried to use water from a Brita.
>
> That water was *worse* than the tap water wrt gunk spots on the film.
>
> Now I use the filtered water and give a final wipe with a film
> chamois, which generlly does the trick.
>
> tv
