Re: [APML] Bulk tech-pan storage

["Martin C Germano" <mcgermano@earthlink.net>]

George,

> What is the safest storage for the bulk loader (and film)?

I have always stored my bulk Tech Pan (never bought a 'roll') in the 
freezer. When it was readily available, I always had an backup unused 150ft 
roll in the freezer, stored just as it came from the supplier (in the Kodak 
box, with the tin sealed the way it was placed in the box). Once the roll is 
loading into the bulk film loader, it goes into a Ziploc bag and back into 
the freezer, so I guess 3) would be my recommendation.
> 1) Store it in a ziploc with dessicant in the fridge?
> 2) Store it in a ziploc in the fridge?
> 3) 1 or 2 but stored in the freezer?
> The TP will be hypered as required with approprite storage after
> hypering.

> Also how long should I let the bulk loader adjust to room temp (bagged)
> before I start spooling film off of it?

I always tried to do the entire loading process as quickly as possible ... 
meaning I would have everything set to go in the darkroom, then take the 
bulk film loader directly from the freezer, out of the bag, spooled onto the 
(plastic) reel, and into the hypering chamber.  After sealing the hypering 
chamber, the lights go on, the bulk film loader goes back in the Ziploc, and 
back into the freezer. This entire process takes 3-4 minutes.

With the exception of 4 or 5 rolls of Tech Pan that had the dreaded 
'mottling' problem (only after hypering, unhypered negs are fine), this 
procedure had worked well for me.

Marty

Martin C Germano
email: mcgermano@earthlink.net
Web: http://home.earthlink.net/~mcgermano 


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