Re: Reel scum

[Joe Berenbaum <joe-b@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 13:50 10/06/97 -0700, you wrote:

>The "scum" will absorb the surfactant and then "dry" When the developer is
>poured in the surfactant is now "activated by the developer solution and
>thus reducing the surface tension of the developer solution in close
>proximity to the reel.
>The same effect can be noted with "normal" panchromatic films
>
>>Interesting!!!  I probably need to clean some of my tanks.
>
>I would prefer that you pay more attention to the reels    8-)
>Ken

So presumably the above effect with surfactant would not occur if the film
is removed from the reel before being immersed in wetting agent. Am I on the
right track here? 

Joe B.

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