flatten negatives?

[Jan Philips]

I've got some 35mm negatives from 20-25 years ago that I never cut,
and I rolled and put in film canisters. (I know, I shouldn't have
done that.) Now they're pretty curled. Is there a good way to
flatten them out?

(right now I'm experimenting with rolling one the other way for a
while.)

[Dick]

Me too. I can only relate my experiences. What I did, about 3 years ago,
was to cut them into strips of 5, put them in archival sleeved pages and
stored them flat with a weighted board on them. At present, when removed
from the sleeves, they still curl, but not severely, and can be handled
easily for enlarging. Some of us and an instructor at a photo lab tried
soaking some in photoflo solution and hanging them for a week, however that
did not seem to do much. It seems to me that reverse curling, unless done
extremely carefully could lead to scratching.

Things not to try are ironing, blow torches and bad advice.

Dick
"Jan Philips" <judmccr@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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> I've got some 35mm negatives from 20-25 years ago that I never cut,
> and I rolled and put in film canisters. (I know, I shouldn't have
> done that.) Now they're pretty curled. Is there a good way to
> flatten them out?
>
> (right now I'm experimenting with rolling one the other way for a
> while.)
>
>

[photo35744]

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SOAK THE NEGATIVES FOR A FEW MINUTES IN PHOTO FLO
SOLUTION AND THEN HANG TO DRY WITH A CLIP ON THE END OF THE ROLL,
"Jan Philips" <judmccr@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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> I've got some 35mm negatives from 20-25 years ago that I never cut,
> and I rolled and put in film canisters. (I know, I shouldn't have
> done that.) Now they're pretty curled. Is there a good way to
> flatten them out?
>
> (right now I'm experimenting with rolling one the other way for a
> while.)
>
>

[Anthony]

Rewash the negatives and bathe these in Photo Flo. Hang them to dry with a
weight on the bottom and these should be OK. Stay away from too much
humidity.Anthony
"Jan Philips" <judmccr@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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> I've got some 35mm negatives from 20-25 years ago that I never cut,
> and I rolled and put in film canisters. (I know, I shouldn't have
> done that.) Now they're pretty curled. Is there a good way to
> flatten them out?
>
> (right now I'm experimenting with rolling one the other way for a
> while.)
>
>

[Jan Philips]

On Wed, 6 Aug 2003 22:14:16 -0600, "Anthony" <nobile@la-tierra.com>
wrote:

>Rewash the negatives and bathe these in Photo Flo. Hang them to dry with a
>weight on the bottom and these should be OK. Stay away from too much
>humidity.

These were developed by a friend for me, so I don't have the
chemicals.

[RSD99]

Not a valid excuse ...

Photo Flo should be available (very inexpensively) from *any* camera store.







"Jan Philips" <judmccr@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 6 Aug 2003 22:14:16 -0600, "Anthony" <nobile@la-tierra.com>
> wrote:
>

> >Rewash the negatives and bathe these in Photo Flo. Hang them to dry with a
> >weight on the bottom and these should be OK. Stay away from too much
> >humidity.

>
> These were developed by a friend for me, so I don't have the
> chemicals.
>
>

[Jan Philips]

On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 15:17:32 GMT, "RSD99" <rsdwla.NOSPAM@gte.net>
wrote:

>Not a valid excuse ...
>
>Photo Flo should be available (very inexpensively) from *any* camera store.

Fair enough (I have no darkroom experience, except when I was in there
with the friend). A previous poster said that he tried that for a
week, and it didn't do much, though.