Tri x @ 800asa in HC-110

you can squeegee with anything. the only question is how much of a risk you want to take scratching your film. I don't squeegee at all. ever.

sorry I can't help on time. Donald Qualls on PN and apug has a lot of info on the combination, though. results looks like standard EI rather than 1 stop push.

allan
 
Nachkebia said:
Wou! I did not know I could squeegee with my fingers!
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I did this for about 6 rolls after my 'meant for film' squeegee scratched my negatives nicely down the middle... Perhaps I have weird fingers but I always get some deposits around the sprocket holes and on the edges of the top and bottom of the frames where I didn't squeegee quite so well. Now I use a leather chamois and all is lovely.
 
you use a chamois?! Holy cow. Why not just drip dry after some photo-flo in the final bath?

allan
 
For me, it's - hang film, spray down with photoflo in DI water from a plant mister, squeegee off excess (also helps to spread photoflo across film surface) with clean, wet thumb and finger. No scratches and the photoflo never touches the tanks and reels. It also uses very little photoflo solution.
 
Nachkebia said:
Say what? I did not get tis part, can you elaborate for a dummie please :) thank you
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Sorry, photoflo in deionised water as sold for car batteries and steam irons. I keep my working photoflo in a spray bottle and squirt it at the film while hanging. It uses about 50ml per roll and I don't have to worry about contamination of either the working solution of photoflo or my plastic reels.
 
markinlondon : I still did not get it, I might have to see someone else develope film, because I think I am doing everything wrong :( any books you can reccomend with examples and pictures? Thanks :)
 
Instead of a final rinse in photoflo or squeeging the film, here's what he does:

combines photo-flo with a special water called "de-ionized" water.. this is water that's been stripped of ions, and is very "clean". He then sprays this with a bottle on the hanging negatives.

Hope that clears it up for you :) By the way, don't drink DI water... ;)
 
Before the film is off the reel, soak the film for 1 minute with PhotoFlo at the concentration recommenced by Kodak. Using DI to make the PhotoFlo stock solution is a good idea.

I run the shower (hot water only) with the shower head set for fine mist for the last ~ 5 minutes of the negative wash. I turn the shower water off; take the film off the reel and hang it in the shower stall. This method produces spot-free negatives.

Adding a ml or two of isopropyl alcohol to the reel tank full of PhototFlo also helps with the drying process. I don't do this, but it does work.
 
Results

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Here are the results. Click on the image for more size choices and details of the process.
 
ikiru: Somewhat flat ... there are no real highlights. But there is potential there.

As far as water for Photo-Flo goes, I use water from my dehumidifier. I filter it through a coffee filter to eliminate any debris, then run it through a Brita filter. Don't know how close it is to de-ionized or true distilled, but it works. I mix Photo-Flo at 1:400 instead of 1:200 and it works much better.
 
You are right Tirus! Here is another attempt with the levels adjusted....scanning and photoshop are real weak points of mine...
 
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