Photo Flo and Hypoclear: Are they necessary?

<p>I often don't use hypo clearing agent for film. However, with the water I have here, I have to use Photo-flo. It's really cheap and lasts forever. Everyone's water is different, so take their advice with a grain of salt. In my previous apartment, I mixed it 1:200. At my new place, that was a bit too much, so I back off a bit, to 1:300. I arrived at that value by doing a roll in just distilled water, and then for every roll after, adding one more drop of photoflo over the previous try.</p>

<p>I also had strange 'sticky' deposits on my film. I had many people tell me I wasn't using enough photoflo, and many others saying I was using too much. Turns out it was something in the wash water. </p>

<p>Get Photo-flo - It's super cheap. Not much more than detergent. </p>