I just found a half dozen 8x10 negatives in the store room that were accidentally left out unprotected, and now are covered with fine dust.
How would you recommend cleaning them before I put them in negative protectors?
Thanks!
I just found a half dozen 8x10 negatives in the store room that were accidentally left out unprotected, and now are covered with fine dust.
How would you recommend cleaning them before I put them in negative protectors?
Thanks!
"I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority"---EB White
I take my Persian cat and rub him onto a rubber balloon, then carry him by the tail into the darkroom. Then I rub him on the film, and the static charge pulls the dust
away from the film itself. Afterwards I put the cat in the washing machine. I loan him my wife's little digital underwater camera, so his time in the suds will be more
enjoyable.
I'd put them in holders & rewash them in your negative washer with running water. If there are stubborn areas that don't want to come clean, put the neg under the water faucet directly. I'd treat them like just processed film.
Mark Woods
Large Format B&W
Cinematography Mentor at the American Film Institute
Past President of the Pasadena Society of Artists
Director of Photography
Pasadena, CA
www.markwoods.com
If its dust thats just sitting on the emulsion and not embedded seems like a can of canned air or hand air squeezer and a soft camel hair brush would be a good start.
I'd wash/soak a little bit, then photo-flo and dry again.
Definitely try Drew's method first, you don't want to waste time, air or water with the other methods until you've tried it. And your wife will thank you for washing her pussy.
If you don't have a persian cat, many taxidermy subjects work well as they collect dust very nicely.
My Persian kitty would not be too happy with the tail dragging and the washing machine. She DOES, however, make a great dust mop for behind furniture.
Michael Cienfuegos
Can't you pour milk on the neg and let the cat lick it off?
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