White dust after c41

[koraks]

Good luck, fingers crossed!

 

[pentaxuser]

Thanks for your reply, please see my latest reply to Kodaks

Yes I too have always wondered about his background

Some day soon we are bound to have someone join us on Photrio who is called Harmon. Just imagine the confusion then

pentaxuser

 

[pentaxuser]

Whenever I see Mobberly, I think of this:

So I'm always surprised by your American cinema references!

Well stone the bleeding crows, guv, there's forty fousand feathers on a frush! Nah, if we want to portray 2 French men, then better to have 2 Americans than anyone speaking like that

I mean imagine Casablanca if it was called 'arry's " café americain"

pentaxuser

 

[koraks]

Some day soon we are bound to have someone join us on Photrio who is called Harmon.

LOL, I see what you did there

 

[MattKing]

Yes I too have always wondered about his background

Some day soon we are bound to have someone join us on Photrio who is called Harmon. Just imagine the confusion then

pentaxuser

As far as I'm aware, Angie isn't a Photrio member:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angie_Harmon

 

[mshchem]

OK, your processing sounds OK. I have heard occasional complaints related to final rinse/stabilizer. You could try to process a roll and skip that step, and just do a final rinse in demineralized/distilled water with some photoflo.

I can't remember what kit I had way back when, I had white crystals from the stabilizer. I use Kodak chemistry now no troubles with the Flexicolor final rinse.

 

[yya]

Assume that all information is relevant.

I used the same method again, with fresh chemicals and unexpired Kodak Gold 200 for a quick test. I processed it using a Nikor stainless steel tank following the Ilfcolor instructions: 3 minutes 15 seconds for development, 6 minutes 30 seconds for bleaching, and 4 minutes 20 seconds for fixing. After pouring in the bleach, I accidentally dropped the cap, which caused a delay of a few seconds before I started agitation. For the final wash, I used filtered water at 30°C with the Ilford wash method, extending it to 8 cycles. I finished with Photo Flo and distilled water for the final rinse. However, some speckle-like spots still appeared and could not be washed off, even after trying to clean them with ethanol. There are some of these speckle-like spots on both the emulsion side and the base side, with the base side being more obvious and severe.

 

[yya]

I used the same method again, with fresh chemicals and unexpired Kodak Gold 200 for a quick test. I processed it using a Nikor stainless steel tank following the Ilfcolor instructions: 3 minutes 15 seconds for development, 6 minutes 30 seconds for bleaching, and 4 minutes 20 seconds for fixing. After pouring in the bleach, I accidentally dropped the cap, which caused a delay of a few seconds before I started agitation. For the final wash, I used filtered water at 30°C with the Ilford wash method, extending it to 8 cycles. I finished with Photo Flo and distilled water for the final rinse. However, some speckle-like spots still appeared and could not be washed off, even after trying to clean them with ethanol. There are some of these speckle-like spots on both the emulsion side and the base side, with the base side being more obvious and severe.

The agitation method I used was Kodak’s C-41 manual processing method.

 

[koraks]

Try without the photoflo. The problem does seem a lot less pronounced than it was before.
Please note that dust can also drop onto the film as it dries. Sometimes, a problem like this really is a matter of picking the best place in your home to dry the film in and then ensure there's as little airflow/disturbance in that room as possible to prevent kicking up dust.

 

[yya]

Try without the photoflo. The problem does seem a lot less pronounced than it was before.
Please note that dust can also drop onto the film as it dries. Sometimes, a problem like this really is a matter of picking the best place in your home to dry the film in and then ensure there's as little airflow/disturbance in that room as possible to prevent kicking up dust.

OK