Scanning old film - tightly curled

We've been presented with a roll of film for scanning - about 45
years old, Plus-X film that's uncut and tightly wound from being
stored in a canister for all that time. We're having a hell of a
time getting it straightened to the point where we can run it
through our Sony UY-S90 film scanner. We've tried washing it,
hanging it with alligator clips to weigh it down, and it was
wound backwards on a Peterson reel for a week, but still no good.

Any attempt to reverse wind it on a tighter roll tends to crack
the film, so we're looking for other suggestions from people who
may have experience working with similar stock.

The idea of putting it on a flatbed scanner won't work with this
job, since this roll is the first of about 60 rolls and the cost
of flatbed scanning would be prohibitive.


Thanks!

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Joe Pucillo
Baltimore, Maryland USA

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We've been presented with a roll of film for scanning - about 45
years old, Plus-X film that's uncut and tightly wound from being
stored in a canister for all that time. We're having a hell of a
time getting it straightened to the point where we can run it
through our Sony UY-S90 film scanner. We've tried washing it,
hanging it with alligator clips to weigh it down, and it was
wound backwards on a Peterson reel for a week, but still no good.

Have you tried washing it then drying it while wound backwards on a
reel? I've done that with old tightly-wound film and it worked much
better than back-winding it dry. I use compressed air to blow all the
drops out of the reel, to avoid water spots.

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Joe Pucillo wrote:
We've been presented with a roll of film for scanning - about 45
years old, Plus-X film that's uncut and tightly wound from being
stored in a canister for all that time. We're having a hell of a
time getting it straightened to the point where we can run it
through our Sony UY-S90 film scanner. We've tried washing it,
hanging it with alligator clips to weigh it down, and it was
wound backwards on a Peterson reel for a week, but still no good.

Any attempt to reverse wind it on a tighter roll tends to crack
the film, so we're looking for other suggestions from people who
may have experience working with similar stock.

The idea of putting it on a flatbed scanner won't work with this
job, since this roll is the first of about 60 rolls and the cost
of flatbed scanning would be prohibitive.


Water isn't going to harm the film, so try soaking it for an hour or
two before hanging it in a warm drying cabinet with weights. Washing
isn't going to be enough - it needs a good soak.