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Soaking negs in water vs using photo-flo - is one actually better or is it all superstition?
Ive been developing at home for about 2 years now and I keep hearing two DIFFERENT things. One group says plain distilled water with a drop of dish soap works just as good as photo-flo for drying without spots. The other says you are RUINING your negatives if you dont use the real stuff. I washed some rolls last week with just distilled water and they dried fine. No spots or streaks. My buddy in Chicago swears by photo-flo and says I'm asking for residue problems down the road. Who's got real experience with this long term? Like 5 years down the line does it even matter?
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dylan_patel3d agoTop Commenter
long term" matters way more for stain removal than drying agents if you ever switch developers down the road.
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nancy2752d ago
Wait what. Did you say LONG TERM mattering more for stain removal? That sounds backwards to me. I always thought drying agents were the whole point. Like if you don't dry right your fabric gets wrecked and stains set in deeper. Guess I been doing it wrong this whole time. My towels always come out rough and stained still. Might have to rethink my whole process now.
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