Response to Curling Negatives

Keith, Gordon Hutchins recommends you not use HCA (fixer remover) after the wash as it removes the stain. I do use Kodak Photoflo before I hang my negatives though. Yes, the 20 min was does soften the emulsion and I have to be exceptionally careful not to touch or roughly handle the negative. I usually keep the reel in the tank in photoflow then when I am ready to hang, bring the tank to the dryer, invert the reel sideways the clip the end of the negative and then just gently pull off the neg from the reel as I reach to hang the film to dry. Works quite nicely, then clip the dangling end. (easier to show than explain).

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