Bought a few rolls of 120 format Arista Premium 100 and 400 a while back (and a brick of 35mm in each speed also) from Freestyle, tried a roll of 120 the other day, hung it as usual to dry, and got nice contrast and tones--but it had such a nasty curl across the short dimension it was nearly impossible to scan. The curl was so strong it actually lifted my heavy anti-newton glass a few mm in the film holder. Needless to say, scanning didn't go well.
I've not had this type of problem with any other film, and am wondering what the fix is, other than obviously using another film. I usually just hang 120 strips with plastic clothespins, two on top and two on bottom, which works with everything else, and things dry flat no problem. This curl was so strong and springy I had to "fold" the strip in quarters lengthwise to carry it in the house to cut and scan (my darkroom is 200' from the house), no way would it form a nice loose, large diameter roll like most 120 films will after drying.
I've not had this type of problem with any other film, and am wondering what the fix is, other than obviously using another film. I usually just hang 120 strips with plastic clothespins, two on top and two on bottom, which works with everything else, and things dry flat no problem. This curl was so strong and springy I had to "fold" the strip in quarters lengthwise to carry it in the house to cut and scan (my darkroom is 200' from the house), no way would it form a nice loose, large diameter roll like most 120 films will after drying.