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Un-curling negatives

Luseboy

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Hello,
so I'm in the middle of a printing session, and I just wrestled with some old foma 100, which was a huge pain in the butt. It is so curled that it literaly goes in a complete circle when I take it out of the archival holder. I have had this problem with 35mm before, and it just fixed itself by sitting in the holder for a week or so. It's going on 3 weeks since I processed the film, and it still will not stay flat. What can i do about this?
-Austin
 

Poisson Du Jour

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Place the negs in archival clear sleeves, then place a between two phone books. Some may cringe, but I've been doing this with transparencies that occasionally curl for 30-odd years. The warmth from a lightbox can also cause curling.

Nudge: It's analogue (US) or analog (AU)
 

mwdake

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The Foma 120 I have curls pretty bad.
I reverse roll it quite tightly then keep rolled with a clothes pin then leave it in the cabinet for about a week, it really takes the curl out.