Not sure if I would bother with distilled water
Hi John,I'd just put paper underneath and make contact prints of your fused negatives
Overnight is the least before you could expect a reaction to dried up emulsions. Unless they visibly float away before, I would not touch before then.Hi John,
Thanks for the advice. Unfortunately, the negatives are too dense/opaque.
You are probably right, I will be surprised if I could restore any images from them but it's worth a try.
The negatives have been soaking in Photo Flo solution for almost half an hour now. There's some visible change in them but it is too early to tell. I might leave them overnight.
If that does not work I'll try film-compatible solvents: ethanol, isopropyl and maybe hydrocarbon (shellite/naphta). All technical grade ~100% concentration.
Regards,
Romanko
There's no hope for these; sorry about your loss.Probably the only thing you can do is soak them in distilled water with some photoflo. Looks like there's nothing to lose at this point. Let the water work at it, though. My bet is they'll split all to pieces if you try to pry them apart.
Hi Romanko - sorry to restart this old thread, but I have exactly the same problem, I have a block of 1930s negatives that looks exactly like your before pic... can I ask for more detailed instructions.. how much Photo Flo did you use for instance? When you kept them in the fridge, were they flat or upright? etc?
No problem, this is what this thread is for.Hi Romanko - sorry to restart this old thread, but I have exactly the same problem,
Here are some of the images that I recovered. Thanks again for your help.
If you ever have to do something similar my advice is to be patient. It takes several days for water / photo flo to penetrate between the negatives. It might be a good idea to keep the negatives cool while they are soaking. I changed the solution several times as some of the emulsion was dissolvingand I did not want it to re-deposit on the film.
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