[Frameworks] Self Developing Mess

[christopher nigel]

Hello Diana ,
when you dev the film did you use foma time  ? if so this was the problem !
For kodak film you need to use kodak time which is much shorter in the soup
,
this is the reason why your emulsion came away ,

all the best ,
christopher ,


On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 12:50 PM, Nadine Taschler <kisses1 at gmx.at> wrote:

> we had problems with that too but I don't remember how we fixed them, I'll
> ask some of our members. or you ask in the lab group: forum at filmlabs.org
>
> x
> nadine
> filmkoop wien
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> > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 12. September 2013 um 00:25 Uhr
> > Von: "Diana Arce" <darce at visualosmosis.com>
> > An: "Experimental Film Discussion List" <Frameworks at jonasmekasfilms.com>
> > Betreff: [Frameworks] Self Developing Mess
> >
> > Hi Framworkers!
> >
> > I've been working on some self developing tests and I ran into a weird
> problem that I thought you all might have some insight on.
> >
> > We developed a roll of Tri-X that was pretty old and somewhere in the
> reversal processing the emulsion just started to come off the film. We used
> a reversal kit from FOMA and in the final rinse after the second
> developing, the emulsion was just washing away. After I fixed the print and
> did the final rinse, the emulsion was pretty much wiping off the base. Now
> it's drying, and it looks like it will stick on, but I'm not really sure
> where we went wrong. We followed the instructions to a T.
> >
> > I've done some self developing before, but the emulsion was never this
> fragile. Does anyone know why this could've occurred?
> >
> > Thanks so much,
> > Diana Arce
> >
> >
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