About 1989, I got a roll of Kodak cine film, I don’t remember which type. I was developing C-41 at home and had read an article in Modern Photography magazine on developing cine film at home. It recommended just rubbing off the remjet layer with a finger after fixing (or after the stabilizer, it’s been more than 35 years). The obvious: remjet is short for removal [water] jet, so the layer is meant to be mechanically removed by a strong water jet…or a finger will do. I tried it and it worked. If you use a light through the film while rubbing, you can see any leftovers. The layer is just tinted gelatine, so no problems. On today’s cine films? It’s a matter of testing.
That’s true, they’re all different! Kodak’s latest remjet is particularly tough to remove (I compared it to Fujifilm Eterna, which is much easier to rub off).
Amilcar de Oliveira Aug 4, ‘25
Dmitri Aug 4, ‘25