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Thanks for sharing!!

Holga 120 CFN, TMax 100, FA-1027

John Finch in the Art of Black and White Developing suggests running a hot shower to create plenty of steam and hang the film in there to dry. The steam attaches to airborne dust and drags them to the ground. After the film is fully dry cut and store in the negative sleeves.

Thanks, Daire, Point a Holga into the sun and magic happens :-)

Stata Center, MIT, Cambridge, MA. Voigtlander, Bessa R2m, 35mm f2 Ultron, Kodak DoubleX 5222,

Dusty, I don't have the answer to your question, but I have the same concerns. The crystals in my bottle were like icicles and could not be poured out of the bottle. As a commentator on RFF said "pretty shoddy formulation". I would try giving the bottle a shake, nothing to lose I guess. Here...

I'm guessing this is the new formula. Over on the RRF, a couple of us had a similar problem. An RFF member got this response from Alaris was "The crystals are a potassium salt and the product is ok to use if the crystals are left in the bottle." Edit: I reached out to FPP and Freestyle and...

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You have a buyer. Not sure how this works through PhotoRio, If you can message me I can give you my Paypal details

Some feedback. I've just developed my 2nd roll using lab-box and hit on a snag when processing hand-rolled film. Not surprisingly the cutting blade didn't cut through the cassette to film joining tape. I was developing a roll of Kodak Double X purchased from The Film Photography Project. They...

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Just to echo what Ron said, I too found that in one particular place there was undeveloped stuff and I used continuous agitation combined with regular tilting. Not a show-stopper but...