Chemicals Mixed. What Next?

[bdial]

Chris,
Contratulations! I'm pretty sure my first roll of 120 looked similar. No question that 35 is a bit easier.
I haven't looked at Jason's video, but it is much easer if you aren't handling the paper and loading the reel at the same time. I agree with Matt and Kevin, unroll it from the spool and paper first. When you get to the taped end, tear the tape at the seam between the film and paper, but leave the tape on the film. The extra stiffness will help you get it on the reel. Start the film onto the reel with the taped end, listen for creases starting, as Matt says. If you're using SS, you can count the wires on each side from the film out to verify if the film is going on correctly. If you count 4 on one side, and 5 on the other, for example, it means the film doubled on one side. Unwind until it's even again and continue. Do this at any point you have doubts.

I really like you're son's comment on the process, we should adopt it as a theme!

 

[eddie gunks]

good work. i would suggest working from hc110 syrup. for Dil B i take the volume of my tank in ml. divide it by 31 and add that amount of syrup. (close enough for govt work!) lets say 500ml (a bit more than 16 oz). 500/31=16.12. lets call it 16ml of syrup. works well for me. all that stock solution blah blah blah always made it more confusing for me.

have fun.

eddie

 

[Christopher Walrath]

I did not use a stock solution. Chem to working solution. Straight line.

 

[Don Wallace]

HC-110 lasts a long time as long as it is not in contact with air (although I have heard that even half-filled bottles have a long shelf life). I decant my HC-110 into a bunch of small brown medicine bottles I bought at the pharmacy. I fill them as full as they will go. Rather than one bottle with a lot of air in it for a long time, I have a bunch of small bottles with almost no air in them. I also use a very narrow graduate to measure the syrup.

 

[Christopher Walrath]

I refixed the negs and water rinsed for about 10 minutes (under advice from Alan Ross from BP.com) and the good negs are clear. Flushed out the undeveloped stuff as well. Thnaks all.