gilgsn
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Don't put them in the oven at 170F to dry them, even for a few minutes!
Yeah... 🙄
Gil.
Yeah... 🙄
Gil.
Drying plastic spools, advise.
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Chris101
summicronia
No. You sound like a voice of experience. I guess you're buying new spools.
Try a hair dryer next time, or just let them stand overnight.
gilgsn
Established
I need to find a girlfriend to get a dryer! Yep, ordering new spools... Or a stainless steel tank and reels, not sure yet...
Gil.
Gil.
nikon_sam
Shooter of Film...
Like Chris said...
You can find a cheap hair dryer at your local thrift store...
You can find a cheap hair dryer at your local thrift store...
Pioneer
Veteran
Buy extras while you are at it so you can let them sit and dry naturally. Takes a day for mine to be ready to go again.
kiss-o-matic
Well-known
Why not just dry them in the same place you dry your dishes? That's what I do... after a thorough cleaning of course.
Phil_F_NM
Camera hacker
Now that you killed the plastic spools (as they should be killed) get yourself a few stainless tanks and some excellent stainless reels. They will last you the rest of your life.
Phil Forrest
Phil Forrest
Steve M.
Veteran
After I've developed my film I scrub mine w/ a soapy toothbrush (photo-flo will build up on them and cause loading problems otherwise). Then I slap them on the corner of my palm a few times and set them on each corner of my kitchen drain deal, the thing you put the dishes in to dry. They're dry in an hr or two. If I need to have them sooner I set them on the floor on the a/c/ heater vents.
That oven drying thing probably seemed like a good idea at the time :[
That oven drying thing probably seemed like a good idea at the time :[
Chris101
summicronia
Yeah, but a used one is going to have dust (at the very least) in it already. I bought one brand new - with the all-important "cool" button, so I could use it for a wide range of uses, not only drying equipment, but also hardening experimental emulsions, making drip marks on lettering, and even styling my hair - for about twenty bucks at Target. One of the more useful pieces of equipment in my processing lab:
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Sparrow
Veteran
.. hang them in the drying cabinet with the film works
LabasArabas
Lithuanian Australian
A fresh breeze works well!
Check Trent drying his negs :
http://static.photo.net/attachments/bboard/00N/00N8jz-39450984.jpg
Check Trent drying his negs :
http://static.photo.net/attachments/bboard/00N/00N8jz-39450984.jpg
hamradio
Well-known
I stack my tanks and reels upside-down on top of a steam radiator. Works like a charm for drying, and everything is ready for use within about an hour.
ChrisPlatt
Thread Killer
Clammy reels are jammy reels!
Clammy reels are jammy reels!
If you need artificial means to dry your plastic reels you are developing too much film and need to find another diversion.
Seriously though a blow dryer works great. I use one to evaporate any moisture on my reels before loading even when dry.
Also works well for the inside of the changing bag and your hands - sweaty palms can make it pretty clammy in there...
Chris
Clammy reels are jammy reels!
If you need artificial means to dry your plastic reels you are developing too much film and need to find another diversion.
Seriously though a blow dryer works great. I use one to evaporate any moisture on my reels before loading even when dry.
Also works well for the inside of the changing bag and your hands - sweaty palms can make it pretty clammy in there...
Chris
zuiko85
Veteran
Since I have a box fan I just hang them on the front grill with a bent out paper clip, works great.
