Ebay, Uline (if you need several lifetimes supply)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Static-Diss...SyA-xN3WRC3G2A
https://www.uline.com/BL_7852/Uline-...eclosable-Bags
Another thing to mention is color films tend to show dust slightly less than B/W, probably due to a slight diffusion inherent in the emulsions...
A practice of cleaning everything that is near film or handling pays off...As mentioned, a clean shop vac with additional filter and a brush attachment to clean everything once in a while helps a lot... (Inside cameras, holders, changing bags, film boxes, cases, bags, focusing cloths, etc everything...) This removes coarse dust/lint but be careful the vac does not spread the dust back into the air... I find using the drywall dust bags for my vac work well enough, but also have a smaller computer vac to do holders before loading... Holders go right into anti-stat bags, and don't leave holders laying around...
Before shooting, I use a air blower bulb to blow dust away from front of holder, blowing away from the edges toward the center upside down so new dust falls away, so when slide is pulled, it does not release dust near film...
The routine works...
Steve K
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JP is right on. Anti-static bags work well. Uline has several products for cleanrooms that will help with your darkroom. The reason you have dust in your darkroom is because you bring it in. A clean lab coat, hair net, shoes will help keep your area clean. I believe we had rayon outfits. Uline has a sticky mat that you walk on as you walk in to your darkroom.
Like the others said, filters, static control and humidity will help with your sanity.
I retired from a company that made "steppers" used to make small flat panels displays , "precisione photolithography". All done in a cleanroom under bright yellow lights. We used a condenser and a $1,000,000 piece of glass on 17 inches of granite, fun time.
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Honeywell air filters...
https://www.honeywellstore.com/store...-purifiers.htm
Well, I will try Ziplock bags for now and see if they help. The changing bag will be vacuumed and I will clean each film holder thoroughly and remove any speck of dust before packing them in plastic. I can also vacuum the inside of the bellows of my camera, I believe they are leather.
Hopefully that will help bring the specks on my negs under control. I should know in a week or two.
Thanks for all the suggestions and advice, I truly appreciate it.
I put about 4 or 5 4X5 holders into a large bag, and the exposed holders into another bag as I shoot...
Steve K
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