John R. Fowler (cpci@fox.nstn.ca) Writes:(posted 9693 days ago)After washing the film, soak in a wetting agent at the recommended dilution (Kodak Photo-Flow or Ilford ILFOSOL) with agitation for 1 minute. Be careful about using a squeegee - you could damage the emulsion. I just hang the film with a weight and let it dry - no spots & our water here is pretty hard. Good luck.
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Good advice, except for the Typo. Ilford's wetting agent is ILFOTOL. Ilfosol-S is a developer.
Another method is advocated by Lloyd Erlick (www.heylloyd.com, a nice B/W site, by the way). He rinses down his hanging films with distilled water and reports good results.
I use photo-flo (Kodak). I don't have hard water, so I add really minute quantities of photo-flo to my last wash. Invert the bottle a couple of times, open it, and rinse the cap into about a liter of water, then the film into that weak solution. Works well for Louisville Colorado water. Yours is probably different.