fabric softener to remove dust?

[BetterSense]

Maybe Static-Guard only lasts a day when used as intended...on clothing. Or maybe they tell you that because they want to sell Static-Guard.

My vinyl records, once wiped with a very thin layer of Static-Guard, retain their completely static-free properties indefinitely. I also find that film holders certainly don't need to be treated every day, although I do retreat them lightly when I reload them on the theory that they are handled roughly. It's no a magic bullet, but it really helps to treat plastic that otherwise is a complete static-magnet. I really think plastic film holders are a giant step backward from wood and metal ones.

[Drew Wiley]

I'd have to go to the lab to see what brand of antistatic spray I've got, but it came
from a cleanroom supply, not a photo supplier. The Kinetronics brush works briefly but
is otherwise stone age. I sometimes carry one if I'm using a changing tent. Again, I'd
recommend looking at a list from an industrial supplier catering to the Silicon Valley
crowd or whatever. All kinds of useful things for dust and static control that you'll
never find in photo catalogs or sites.

[gevalia]

All,

I have found a lot of good advise on this forum but this racks right up there at the top. Damned good.

Ron

[dh003i]

I sprayed my dark-slides and inside of film-holders with the antistatic-spray (flammable) aerosol, but it seemed to leave a thin layer of the lipid behind, even after I wiped down with a t-shirt which I'd also sprayed a little with the spray.

I loaded the film, hope it will be ok.

[Robert Hughes]

So ... do you run the dryer at "Permanent Press" for that fluffy, static-free negative?

[dh003i]

I sprayed my dark-slides and inside of film-holders with the antistatic-spray (flammable) aerosol, but it seemed to leave a thin layer of the lipid behind, even after I wiped down with a t-shirt which I'd also sprayed a little with the spray.

I loaded the film, hope it will be ok.

I tested these anti-static-sprayed film-holders on a bad exposure, and there did not appear to be a noticeable layer of film left on the film after insertion and removal.