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I've not been able to upload the other pictures I took today when I finally went to sort the negatives. Anyway I soaked the first batch in 600ml of de-ionised water with a squirt of ilfotol wetting agent. The photography tutor was handling the negatives with his hands. I agitated the water...

Hi Stephen Thank you for taking the time to look up the information. The negatives, with pictures, were in a storage unit which had a water leak. Unfortunately I was overseas when this happened & so everything was in water for 4-5 days before I could get it out.

I found the link and will look through it later to see if I can find anything relevant / useful on temperatures. Please let me know if you find anything too. Many thanks https://archive.org/details/modernphotograph0001hais/page/n5/mode/2up?q=washing+negatives

Yikes, that's a bit worrying :oops: :$ They are important & v. sentimental. So you soaked for only 45 minutes & that's what happened? Can I ask what the temperature of the water was? Thanks

Thanks Thanks Stephen, That's all really useful to know (y) I've been offered use of the dark room at work so I imagine not many ppl using it. I will buy distilled / de ionised water. I'll update here how it goes. Appreciate everyone on this forum:)

hi all, I'm finally starting this process! [Life gets in the way sometimes! :)] I now have ilfotol wetting agent, & a photography teacher helping me at my workplace. My question is how long does it generally take for the negatives to separate? I'm wondering whether I do this on a Thursday...

Thanks Nod., I'm not sure I'd want to be on telly! :LOL:

hi all, Has anyone been able to get hold of Kodak Photo-Flo recently? It seems to have been out of stock for months. I'm still looking at attempting to clean these negatives (with the help of a photography teacher). Are there any other wetting agents you'd recommend? Many thanks

Thanks @StephenM @Sangoma Would it be better to wash the photos, before the negatives?

@FishyFish @StephenM @Bridges I don't mind a little expense to get this right so will most likely buy a wetting agent. The negatives are in strips.

Thank you for the welcome & for all your replies. I'm going to give this a go with one strip of negatives first. When doing a search on this topic the other day, Photo Flo was recommended. Is this a good wetting agent? Would you recommend anything else? Thanks again. Feeling a bit more...

Hello all, My photos and negatives became water damaged after a leak. The photos are stuck together and stuck to the paper packet they came in. The negatives are all stuck together too The photos hold a lot of sentimental value as they are of family members, most of who passed on. The...