Developing old Ilford Pan F

[MattKing]

Pelican cases are designed to transport equipment, not store it long term.

 

[Don_ih]

Pelicans, on the other hand, are designed to eat fish.

 

[DREW WILEY]

Pentax - depends on the specific foam as well as general condition. Foam breakdown accelerates with humidity and moisture. Most of these open-cell cutout foams are urethane based. It happens to urethane pack and tent coatings as well, over time. But those betray breakdown with a distinct urea (piss) odor, plus excess stickiness.

For long-standing transport case brands like Halliburton and Pelican, you can buy replacement foam if your old foam padding starts deteriorating. Or you could devise a different fashion of dividers and cushioning, including much lighter weight but less durable bubble wrap. But like Matt already pointed out, these are meant for transport, not long-term storage.

 

[Don_ih]

If you replace the foam with concrete, you can use the case for long term storage. Actually, you may have no choice.

 

[MattKing]

If you replace the foam with concrete, you can use the case for long term storage. Actually, you may have no choice.

Actually, baltic amber would be even better than concrete!

 

[tezzasmall]

This was FP-4+ after only a couple years stored in my camera pelican case in a controlled environment . . .

Can I say that I quite like this effect? I'm not sure I could wait a couple of years before developing the film though...

Terry S
UK

 

[DREW WILEY]

Amber is a bit expensive. I once saw a museum piece end table from the Luis XIV's palace, coated with many layers of pulverized amber dissolved in poppyseed oil, then "French-polished" like shellac, layer after layer. It was the most remarkable varnish I've even seen, and still free of any cracks or hazing. I did a little math, and figured out that if it had been made "today", the varnish would cost over $200,000 per gallon. That was 30 years ago, when coating ingredients were about a third the price of today.

 

[Ozark Wolverine]

To all the "Pelican Case" expert commentators here in this thread . . . . too many to reply to individually.

I used the term "Pelican Case" generically . . . it is actually an SKB case made for photography equipment. No foam that I can see . . .