Kodak Final Rinse usage with Arista 3 bath E6 kit

[pukalo]

Just ordered an Arista 3 bath E-6 kit. What worries me is that there is no indication that it has any sort of preservative. Dont want my slides moldy and faded in 3 years. Anyone know if it is possible to use Kodaks E-6 final rinse, with the preservative Formalin in it, as a final step after running aristas bath kit with blix?

 

[domaz]

My understanding is if the Arista kit already has formalin in it you don't need it in the final rinse. The final rinse is just a wetting agent at that point. If you use a non-formalin (i.e. non cancer causing) E-6 kit than the final rinse contains an anti-fungual agent not formalin.