I recently acquired 400f of Fuji Eterna 250D, it has a RemJet layer and I did what everyone else is doing, prewash it with 1 liter of warm water (40c) plus 1 tablespoon of Sodium Bicarbonate, agitate like making a martini for 1 min and then rinse with warm water it until nothing black comes out
The first time I developed it it worked with no issues at all, I loaded a 12 shot roll and did some test shots, worked perfectly, after that I loaded a 36 shot roll and tried again, this time I was able to remove like 50% of the remjet and It was next to impossible to remove the rest!, I tried to clean it with a wet sponge but unless I do it very aggressively it wont come of, I also tried using 2 tablespoons of Bicarbonate at 40c, same thing, leaving it longer on the remjet remover solution, same, increasing the temperature of the water to almost boiling and adding 3 tablespoons of bicarbonate, same thing. Also always sticks on the middle of the film, the sprockets come very clean.
Is there any way that maybe wile loading more frames I'm somehow compressing the roll to much inside the cassette and making the remjet stick more ??
I using Arm & Hammer baking Soda and doing it before processing in C41 from the colortec press kit on a Jobo CPE-3, the film was stored in a fresh place but no refrigerated, it is since now been refrigerated.
I also checked somewhere else that there is another more effective formula to remove it Borax + Sodium Sulfate + Sodium Hydroxide and that is supposed to be amazing.
I you guys have any suggestions of what I might be doing wrong, I'm all ears!!!!
I really want to use this film.
The first time I developed it it worked with no issues at all, I loaded a 12 shot roll and did some test shots, worked perfectly, after that I loaded a 36 shot roll and tried again, this time I was able to remove like 50% of the remjet and It was next to impossible to remove the rest!, I tried to clean it with a wet sponge but unless I do it very aggressively it wont come of, I also tried using 2 tablespoons of Bicarbonate at 40c, same thing, leaving it longer on the remjet remover solution, same, increasing the temperature of the water to almost boiling and adding 3 tablespoons of bicarbonate, same thing. Also always sticks on the middle of the film, the sprockets come very clean.
Is there any way that maybe wile loading more frames I'm somehow compressing the roll to much inside the cassette and making the remjet stick more ??
I using Arm & Hammer baking Soda and doing it before processing in C41 from the colortec press kit on a Jobo CPE-3, the film was stored in a fresh place but no refrigerated, it is since now been refrigerated.
I also checked somewhere else that there is another more effective formula to remove it Borax + Sodium Sulfate + Sodium Hydroxide and that is supposed to be amazing.
I you guys have any suggestions of what I might be doing wrong, I'm all ears!!!!
I really want to use this film.