Typo on my side, just look at the bottle and it says 10% anionic surfactants...
I'd bet that Jet-dry is similar to photo-flo, but Jet-dry has colorants and probably other junk in it I wouldn't touch with my negatives.
Use Photo-Flo if you have issues with spotting. If you don't have issues, then just use plain tap water or distilled water. I personally don't have problems with spotting, so I don't use Photo-flo. Freestyle sells their brand of Photo-flo, and there are several other producers that make a similar product that is cheaper than Kodak's, but in reality you use the stuff in such high dilutions and it lasts so long that I would just buy Kodak to avoid any possible QC issues.
At the hesitation of many saying I'll scratch my negs...Does anyone else very gently, carefully squeegee their negs to get rid of excess water (and any inherent salts pollutants, in that water)??
I use a very soft small wiper blade, carefully inspected, and kept clean. It cuts drying time therefore reducing dust contamination, and the negs are nice and spot free. By the way my last rinse before squeegeeing is photo flo.
Sirius and Photoengineer, do you have a take on this matter??
Many dish washing liquids have skin softeners and perfumes which are not good for negative. Have you ever used a liquid soap and later found that your hands still smell of the soap no matter how many times you rewash your hands.
Feel free to use all the dish washing liquids on you negatives, just don't bother to come back here and complain about it later.
Steve
With little effort on everyones' part we could make this as long as a Kodachrome thread.
Steve
With little effort on everyones' part we could make this as long as a Kodachrome thread.
Steve
That sounds like a challenge Sir !!!!
I can't belive this thread is still going! People spend hundreds or thouands on camears, $3-9 on a roll of film, $1/sheet for printing paper, hundreds or thousands on darkroom equipment and chemicals, film tanks etc, and the one item that costs $7.99, lasts nearly forever, and may make the difference between clean, archival negatives and ruined ones sparks an 8 page debate on using household chemicals?
Perhaps we need a thread on loading 35mm cameras in changing bags so the film leader doesn't get wasted...
Seriously there is some interesting technical discussion here that I have enjoyed reading but... really?
As for the Kodachrome thread, I think it finally went away.....
It's a classic example of penny wise pound foolish in my opinion.
It's a classic example of penny wise pound foolish in my opinion.
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