I've been having a heckuva lot of trouble lately with curled and warped negatives. Someone has suggested that humidity (or lack of it) may be the culprit, but this seems worse than I ever remember. I use TMX, TMY, TMZ and have been experimenting with the Ilford family, and none of them want to lay flat. My developer is usually T-Max (or D76) and fixer is Kodak, powder or liquid. Would hardener in the fixer have any impact on "flatness"? I've recently stopped using it after reading somewhere that it may cause various problems with the negatives.
Curled negative woes
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I've been having a heckuva lot of trouble lately with curled and warped negatives. Someone has suggested that humidity (or lack of it) may be the culprit, but this seems worse than I ever remember. I use TMX, TMY, TMZ and have been experimenting with the Ilford family, and none of them want to lay flat. My developer is usually T-Max (or D76) and fixer is Kodak, powder or liquid. Would hardener in the fixer have any impact on "flatness"? I've recently stopped using it after reading somewhere that it may cause various problems with the negatives.
Of course, they always curve toward the emulsion.
Thanks for any help!
John