How do you use Honeywell Kleen film dryer?

[rustyair]

Hi,

I'm thinking of getting a Honeywell Kleen film dryer for 35 and 120 color negative films and wondering how do you use it?
I'm using a Jobo CPE2 with the unicolor c41 chemical. Does it work well with Jobo plastic reels? Do you use Photo-flo?

Thanks!

 

[Sirius Glass]

I use the Jobo CPP2 processor with the Jobo tanks and the Jobo plastic reels. I use the Jobo 3010 Expert Drum for processing up to 10 4"x5" negatives. After washing the film, I remove the film from the Jobo tanks and Jobo reels and dip the film in a container with PhotoFlo. Jobo advises against putting PhotoFlo in their tanks and on their reels.

I do not have experience with the Honeywell Keen film dryer.

 

[Bill Burk]

I had two of these. Never liked the dryer.

I still have (and use) the double-wall washing tank that came with it. You put two 35mm reels in (or one 120 reel) and run water over the top. It lets running water out the bottom of the inner tank up and out the top of the outer tank, so I feel I can trust them to be archival.

I misplaced the silica gel can but wish I still had it because I could think of a few things to do with it.

But I only used the dryer itself a few times. I don't know why I never liked it. Probably because I was using Paterson reels at the time and they came out dripping.

Stainless reels probably would fare better.

 

[ac12]

The dryer is great if you do not have the vertical space to hang film. I used Nikkor SS reels, and I do not remember if I used PhotoFlo or not, I probably did.

The problem that I had with the dryer is that the film is dried on the reel. And the problem with that is the film will forever have a curl to it. That curl can be a PiA to deal with when you cut negatives to 5 or 6 frame strips to slide into negative holders, and to use in some enlargers. After a few rolls of that, I stopped using it, and cut my film in sections and dried each section vertically, which kept the film flat.

 

[rpavich]

I know that this is an old thread but I'll reply: I use two of them and love them. I use metal reels and it takes 50 minutes to dry a roll of film. I scan my film in one scan using a dedicated film scanner that will scan the whole roll at once so it works great for me.

if the film comes out dripping, then the dessicant needs to be charged again. Put it in an oven at 450 deg f for 2 hours to dry it out again. You should do that every 20 rolls or so.