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Stained Negatives


chris_eve

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Some 15 years (or more) ago I tried to intensify some even older

underexposed negatives, with marginal success. Given the capabilities

of digital processing I thought I'd try scanning them, only to find

that they've got brown smeary stains, no doubt a result of an

incorrect or incompleted intensification process. I've tried washing

the negs and re-fixing with no improvement.

 

Does anyone have any experience of these symptoms and how to rectify

the negatives? Unfortunately I have no idea which intensification

process I used, just that it was a purchased kit.

 

TIA

 

Chris Eve

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My guess is that the stain is the result of either residual fixer or possibly your intensification solution--depending on what was used. At this point you are already seeing the result of that residual and odds are very umlikely that you will be abble to reverse it. I would try a re-wash of the negatives and maybe a quick hypo clearing agent or eliminator before hand. Good luck!

 

Michael D. D'Avignon

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