Curled Negative Problem

[Mike Richards]

Having brought it up, I decided to try the 3 inch PVC trick. Got a 1.5m piece and added a 20 cm extension. Cut a 1/4 inch hole in the long piece and the extension at the bottom. Hung the film with the emulsion away from the holes. Dried for 6 hours. Voila! It worked. The least curling I've had.

 

[Rich Silfver]

The whole process surrounding negatives and processing has always intrigued me. Seems like even at pro labs the guys runs the negatives through two fingers to rid excess fluid. One would think that could cause scratches but I guess experience in handling thousands of these strips tell otherwise.

Interesting thread..makes me start thinking..should I also....

As far as the curling of negatives goes - someone said somewhere, sometime - that 'roll up the roll of negatives 'against the curling' (emulsion side out I guess) and simply put the roll in a glass over night. In the morning, take out and the curling is more or less gone.'