LFN Solution / Kodak Photo-flo essential?

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Got my developing stuff here - can;t contain my excitement. However, my kodak photo-flo was annoyingly missed by accident by AG Photographic. Only 50% of the developing vids I've watched used it / similar product - should I go ahead and develop my rolls? Or will i DEFO get water circles etc without using it.
 
As I understand it a drop of washing up liquid in a mixing jug full of water will do much the same thing, and is what I'm using. I do get drying marks but That's because I haven't mastered sqeejeeing the film with my fingers yet!
 
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Non scented washing up liquid should be fine. If you have similar water to me (and London water is mostly the same!) it will be quite hard and leave you with drying marks so wetting agents are quite useful!
 
menthel said:
Non scented washing up liquid should be fine. If you have similar water to me (and London water is mostly the same!) it will be quite hard and leave you with drying marks so wetting agents are quite useful!
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Thanks Jim/Alan

Will try a drop or 2 of non scented washing up liquid on a test roll first!
 
I've never tried washing up liquid actually. Sounds good to me :) I use Ilfotol, never squeeqy the negs with fingers or otherwise and fortunately have never had drying marks.
 
Mahoneyd187 said:
I've never tried washing up liquid actually. Sounds good to me :) I use Ilfotol, never squeeqy the negs with fingers or otherwise and fortunately have never had drying marks.
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How do you dry your Negatives?
 
Alan Clogwyn said:
How do you dry your Negatives?
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In the bathroom for 3+ hours or overnight. Clipped to a hanger on the shower curtain rail to be exact, lol. I live on the herts/essex border and have hard water, but still...no drying marks, ever. Seems to work for me
 
Me too at present. I'm going to attempt hanging diagonally next time as that supposedly should help with the water dispersal, IE if it collects, it'll be on the film edges around the sprockets not half way down the strip in the middle of the killer shot! Will see if it works!
 
The first time I developed, I never used any wetting agent, and I was left with streaks and streaks (Central London water). Used wetting agents ever since then. I think it's essential in a hard water area, and on another thread I reckoned it worked out at something like 2p per roll of film - and having streak free negatives is so much better, for such a low cost. Why not, even just to be on the safe side?
 
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