Wet negatives stuck in sleeve.

[botty]

Sadly during my last printing session one of the glassine negative sleeves got wet and stuck the negatives into the sleeve.:bang:

I gently unstuck the negatives but now they appear to have streaks of gum like material on them. Is there any way to remove this without damaging the negative?

 

[brbo]

Happened to me recently, too. I washed them with water. Good as new.

I didn't force them out of the sleeve though. I put the sleeve with film still in it in warm water. Sleeve just fell apart and "released" the negatives.

 

[Turtle]

^^^ what he said. Soak in water until the neg can be slid out gently, ensure evenly wet and soaked for a while, dry... good as new.

 

[botty]

Thanks, I will try soaking them in water then.

 

[HuubL]

^^^ what he said. Soak in water until the neg can be slid out gently, ensure evenly wet and soaked for a while, dry... good as new.

Don't slid them out when they're soaked in warm water. That may cause havoc to the gelatine. Just wait till the sleeve sheet falls apart.