RA4 paper - freeze or refrigerate?

newcan1

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• May 3, 2013

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I have acquired quite a large quantity of RA4 paper. I want to store it to last as long as possible. Some of the boxes have a little picture of a thermometer suggesting that they should not be stored below say 40 deg F. I was inclined to throw them in the freezer.

Is there any reason why freezing RA4 paper is a bad idea? Should I refrigerate it instead?

 

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• May 3, 2013

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The Kodak data sheet for the Endura Premier paper does recommend storage between 40F and 75F, but then immediately goes on to give warm-up times for rolls stored at 0F and 35F.

So maybe there is storage, and long-term storage.

Here is the data sheet: http://www.kodak.com/global/en/professional/support/techPubs/e4070/e4070.pdf

 

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• May 4, 2013

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That's what I was thinking - that's what they do with ECN-2 film on the data sheets, I think.

So I may acquire another freezer, dedicated to paper.

 

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• May 6, 2013

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I do both. Long term is a deep freeze in the garage. Stock used week to week lives in a bar fridge located just outside of the darkroom.