How to remedy streaks on negatives

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I developed my first roll of flim at home tonight. First time I've ever done it. A magical experience. However, when I scanned the first frame I got these crazy streaks! After the stabiliser I used a squeegee sponge dipped in tap water and this is the result. Maybe I tried to scan them too soon? I left them a couple of hours and they looked dry under the bathroom light. After the initial attempt, looking at them under a bright light you could see the streaks clearly.

I've dunked them in stab again, hopefully thinking it has surfactant like photo-flo in it, I figured it couldn't do any harm. I've just hung them up to dry untouched this time. They look better already.

If I come to scan again and there's streaks or water marks, what can I do to remedy it? A friend suggested buffing them with a lens cloth.

Ignore the terrible colour cast etc. The people I bought the scanner from decided to send me blank discs in place of silverfast so I'm stuck using the generic software it came with that doesn't do anything in the way of colour correction - so until my new silverfast discs show up next week I'm stuck with this.

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These are light on the negative, so that will be debris on the negative blocking the light. Could be calcium deposits if, like me, you live in a hard water area. First off, mix your stabiliser with distilled water or boiled and filtered tap water. Make sure that the stabiliser step is the last thing that happens to the negatives. Don't let anything else touch the surface otherwise you may lose some of the anti-fungal effect provided by the stabiliser. I.e. If you do have to wipe them, make sure it's with stabiliser. Personally I wouldn't touch them. Just hang them up, ideally diagonally so the stabiliser runs off towards the edge.
 
If you get the same issue when scanning again, try re-stabilising and mix it as above.
 
joxby said:
Is this colour neg or slide
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Colour neg. Agfa vista 200. Pushed one stop.

FujiLove said:
These are light on the negative, so that will be debris on the negative blocking the light. Could be calcium deposits if, like me, you live in a hard water area. First off, mix your stabiliser with distilled water or boiled and filtered tap water. Make sure that the stabiliser step is the last thing that happens to the negatives. Don't let anything else touch the surface otherwise you may lose some of the anti-fungal effect provided by the stabiliser. I.e. If you do have to wipe them, make sure it's with stabiliser. Personally I wouldn't touch them. Just hang them up, ideally diagonally so the stabiliser runs off towards the edge.
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I rewashed in stab, and haven't touched them since. I'll leave til morning before attempting another scan. I live in Chester. No idea if we have hard water or not. I did mix the stab with tap water though. Unfortunately, I made up a two litre batch so only have 100ml of concentrate left in the kit.
 
Oatcake said:
Colour neg. Agfa vista 200. Pushed one stop.



I rewashed in stab, and haven't touched them since. I'll leave til morning before attempting another scan. I live in Chester. No idea if we have hard water or not. I did mix the stab with tap water though. Unfortunately, I made up a two litre batch so only have 100ml of concentrate left in the kit.
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The water should be fairly soft where you are. Could be some other contaminate. Particulates in the water, dust in the tank or measuring jug etc. Let us know how you get on in the morning.

Edit: pour the stab through a coffee filter before re-using, just in case.
 
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Looking at the negs hanging in the bathroom now they are 10 times better than the squeegee attempt. I want to scan them now but the better half has gone to sleep in the next room and dont think she'd appreciate the scanner firing up! I'll report back tomorrow for sure. Thanks a lot!
 
You don't want to touch the emulsion side of the film with a sponge. I use a rubber squeegee to remove excess water, but that requires scrupulous hygiene to avoid damage.
 
john.margetts said:
You don't want to touch the emulsion side of the film with a sponge. I use a rubber squeegee to remove excess water, but that requires scrupulous hygiene to avoid damage.
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Exactly this, I use to shake off as much fluid from the film while it was still on the spiral, so I didn't need to run a squeegee down it, on the occasions I did do I made sure there were no tears or dust or grit in the rubber blade's
 
The roll that I rewashed in stabliiser came out fine, and I've just done another roll this evening from the MJU-II and that's great too. I shook off as much stabiliser as I could before I hung them up. Thanks for all the advice guys!

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Well done Matt... finally :D
 
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