Film drying cabinet - has anyone tried making one?

Don't push the drying time too hard.
If it goes too fast, then there is a risk for drying marks, at least what I experienced with colour slide film.
Then, I learned to wait for about 10 min before starting warming up the cabinet (hot air bower), and when the films emulsion felt dry, it wasn't really 'hardened' yet still prone to scratching.

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phdgent said:
Don't push the drying time too hard.
If it goes too fast, then there is a risk for drying marks, at least what I experienced with colour slide film.
Then, I learned to wait for about 10 min before starting warming up the cabinet (hot air bower), and when the films emulsion felt dry, it wasn't really 'hardened' yet still prone to scratching.

FESTINA LENTE!
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I don't push it all, the light bulb heats the cabinet so slowly that, in my process, The first thing I do when developing a batch of negatives is wipe down the inside of the cabinet and switch the switch the light on !

I have not carried out any abrasion resistance tests as not noticed anything, so far, that causes concern, A good point to raise though that there is a significant difference between touch dry and "through dry".
 
If you’ve had experience of drying washing outside, you’ll know that things dry much more quickly and evenly on a windy day. Warmth helps of course, but not as much as you might expect.
So a film-drying should benefit greatly from constant air movement.
A very handsome cabinet. Well done.
 
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