Anti-static washes?

[kchoquette]

I've been developing with Rodinal to some moderate success in my bathroom lately and I'm enjoying the results a lot. But I find when I scan my negatives, they're unreasonably dirty.

I'm fairly sure it's not my scanner, since I clean it regularly. All this air-drying in a dusty old wooden house certainly isn't making my job easier.

For those of you that haven't read the above, I'm just looking for a recommended wash that has anti-static/dryspot properties available for shipping to the USA.

Thanks!

 

[robklurfield]

Quoted from Sepiareverb in another older thread ... SPRINT END RUN ... works great...

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Photo Wipes (now known as Tidi Wipes or KayPees). I've used these for all roll films since 1982 and I can count on one hand the number of times I've had water marks or dust. This is more than 5000 rolls of 120 and 35mm film. I am a pig, my studio is always dusty, with cat and dog hair, dust and etc. Until this past summer I never had a drying space with a door on it. No need to ever deal with water marks or stuck on dust again.

Sprint End-Run mixed with distilled water as per the bottle instructions, I take the reel out of the solution, let it drip a moment, give it a gentle shake, pull the film off the reel, wipe once in a single motion with a half a Wipe (folded in half to make a 1" x 6" or so wad, then again around the film) held between index and middle fingers, clip the empty cassette (with the roll number with 35mm) or a wooden clothes pin to one end, a laundry hook/clothespin to the other end and hang 'em to dry. They dry faster, and completely mark & dust free. I was taught this method by Paul Krot who founded Sprint in 1982 and have never had troubles with any post processing defects on my films other than cutting them incorrectly.

I've lately been using Agfa Sistan as well, and mixing it per directions with distilled water, then adding the End Run stock to this as if it was water. I like End Run for the Anti-Static properties.

Anyone plagued by water marks can eliminate them pretty much forever by using this method.

 

[kchoquette]

Perfect! Looks great, can't wait to try it out.