Response to Tips for keeping 35mm negatives dust and scratch free

Prevention is best. You might try hardener in your film fixer to help prevent scratches. After processing, soak your film in Photoflo for 30 seconds with agitation, then hang it up to dry in the most dust-free area you have for an hour or until it's fully dry, but no longer. Then cut it into strips and store in one of B&H's negative sheets. Leave the negatives in their sheet when making contact prints. Only take them out to put them in your negative carrier. Store the sheets in a box to keep dust from settling on them.

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