Drying Super 8?

mr.datsun · Mar 5, 2013

Anyone got any simple, effective ideas on hanging Super 8 to dry?

Can it be dried safely in the Lomo spiral?

Europan · Mar 10, 2013

A drum, my kingdom for a drum!

Build yourself something from wood with about two feet diameter and two feet length.
Wrap some carpet slip-stop fabric around it.

After having the films end attached to the drum with something like a clothes-peg you go pulling it through a damp double-folded viscose sponge cloth.

Your strip will dry up without a mark.

mr.datsun · Mar 19, 2013

Europan. Thanks for your suggestion. So the slip-stop stops the film getting marks?

studiocarter · Jan 9, 2017

There are two on ebay

EdColorado · Jan 9, 2017

I use a spare bathroom to process film. In the shower I have a string running from the shower head to the opposite wall, where it is taped in place using a couple strips of duct tape. I normally hang my still negatives from this string using cloths pins. For my 8 and super 8 film I use this string and some partially straightened paper clips. The film hangs from one end using a paper clip hook through a sprocket hole, and then droops and hangs on successive hooks across the shower. I can easily hang 50ft of Super 8 in this manner.

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Drying Super 8?

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