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Bit of string across the shower or airing cupboard has always been my go to for drying. I remember reading somewhere once that running the shower on hot for a bit is a good way of getting dust out of the air immediately before you hang to dry.
Fix you can test super easily - put a little in a jug, drop in a snippet of film leader, agitate and time how long it takes the film to go clear. Anything over a minute and I mix up some fresh. You can get away with longer, but need to adjust your fixing time as it slows over time.
Stop I don’t think is too important for film (but more so for printing). I have gravitated towards just using water as I don’t think my timings are too critical anyway (ymmv). That is what John Sypal (of Tokyo camera style fame) advocates and he shoots hundreds of rolls a year.
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People that develop their own film, how you judging when your stop and fix are past it?
For a long time I’ve shot so little film that I’d make some up, use it a couple times then just chuck it but I’m shouting more film now so it’s more likely I exhaust it now I guess.
Also, show me your film drying solutions?
I’ve been hanging films off hangers which I put up on a curtain rail between our kitchen and living/dining room. I can put one film at each end of the hanger and it kinda balances but when you try to look at negs as they dry you take the weight of one end and the hanger tips and half dry film collides…eurgh!
I guess just a load of s hooks that I could put over the curtain rail and hang a single film on.
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