green stain lines on the edges of the roll

uniqua97

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I developed 2 rolls in 2 back to back sessions.

first roll was OK, but the second roll come out with grain stians close to edges of the roll.

I use unicolor 3 step system (developer, blix and stabilizer)

I think I forgot to clean something, probably the reel, and stabilizer developer reaction created this.

Am I right or I am doing wrong something else.

Thanks,
 

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That sounds likely. A formaldehyde based stabilizer renders the dye couplers inactive, which would lead to areas of strange things happening.
 

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Do you happen to have a 2-roll tank? Or were these 120/220 rolls?

I have found that by using stainless reels and tanks rather than plastic ones, I have less contamination. I have used the same tanks for b/w and color(c-41) at school, just giving them a good scrub with HOT water after to make sure they're totally clean of residual chemistry, especially stabilizer/photo flo.


-Dan
 
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uniqua97

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Thanks for the replies. I guess, that is lack of proper cleaning.
I will brush the plastic reel and clean it more voigorously.

I use plastic reel. The set up I bought does not have stainless reels, and I do not know whether it supports. I relativley new for JOBO setup.

Is there anything/any chemical that I can use while cleaning to neutralize the stabilizer?
 

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We have never, ever got any problems with stabilizer residues in reels. We have never brushed them, just normally rinsed with warm water immediately after processing. If you rinsed the reels, I would suspect other possibilities, too. If you didn't rinse them at all then it's a completely different story.......
 

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uniqua,

I'm just a little weird in that regard, I like my stuff spick and span, if you get my drift .

I use a Jobo tank from time to time as well, stainless tanks usually though. If I shoot a roll of 220, my only option is using a Jobo reel, hence, why I have them.

a thorough rinsing should take care of it though, with warm water, right after your stabilizer step

-Dan
 
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