Washed stab , preservation of negatives ?

clo said:

Process going well so far i think it is possible to restabilize them all , i use tweezers and put the strips directly into the dillution .
Stabilizer leaves some drying marks but most of the times i cant see them in scanning or i can clean them.

I was wondering if i dillute more the stab and leave the films more time inside if i get cleaner films .
the dillution will be ''thiner'' and maybe dry smoother , any opinions on this ?

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What's the temperature and humidity in your drying room? Are you squeegeying them with either rubber or your fingers? (I do fingers). Are you blowing a bit of the excess stab off them with a blower as they hang?
I've never had stab leaving marks on film, not with tetenal E6, unicolour C41, nor Digibase C41 (and not with Ilfotol on B+W either)

Also, how long are you leaving them in the stab? Instructions usually say 1 min, but that's straight after processing when the emulsion is already wet. I'd suggest maybe a bit longer might be in order, or even soak in distilled water for a minute or two first so you get the full effect.

Temperature about 20c and about 50-60% humidity , i dont squeez or blow(i think blowing can be risk if dust sits on wet film) , i shake the negative well for the excess stab to go away , i use Fuji kit .
I leave them 1-2 min top , soaking first sounds good !
i get some light milky marks that rarely apear when scanning (i am not sure if they reduce sharpness thought) and they are easy to clean so its not huge problem !

when squeezing with fingers you first dip them in the dillution ?

Photo Engineer said:

Use the dilution on the bottle. None other is satisfactory.

PE

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WTF? Are you saying RTFM?

Do I have to put it so bluntly?

PE

Sirius is peeved that some of us use less than the recommended amount of photo-flo, but photo-flo isn't a fungicide

Wayne understands. I see one person after another complain about PhotoFlo and then post that they only use a drop because they are too f*cking lazy to properly measure.