Originally Posted by
Drew Wiley
Fungus or mold is a symptom of improper storage or framing. Sometimes it's just superficial and doesn't eat deeply into the emulsion. Ciba does indeed have an especially fragile and electrostatic surface. But that's the color medium I worked with for almost three decades. Today's Fuji Supergloss is far more resistant to scratches, scuff marks, and crease kinking, and as an added bonus, isn't electrostatic either.
Good ole Kodak movie film cleaner was basically 1:1:1 Trichloro. That was first developed as an anesthetic. It was also called "Safety Solvent" because it wasn't flammable. It found its way into janitorial cleaners because it wouldn't attack vinyl floor tile, and next became a predominant solvent in siding stains when the
routine solvents were banned here in Calif due to smog formation characteristics. A seeming miracle product. ... But ... it's heavier than air, and being an anesthetic, a number janitors were found lying dead on the floor following mornings, asphyxiated. And despite being nonflammable, I've known of electricians becoming disoriented by being in proximity to its usage in stains, and themselves accidentally burning down houses, or painters falling off scaffolds or ladders, anesthetized. The final straw was when it was discovered that Dow, the manufacturer, hadn't gotten the by-product dioxins sufficiently out before distribution; and henceforward, it's been illegal to even make 1:1:1. Dioxin is a suspected carcinogen; so the manufacturers ironically replaced that with non-smog known carcinogens like benzene for awhile!
Thankfully, there's PEC. But I'm careful not to get that on my skin. It can even be purchased in form of prepackaged wet wipes for convenience.
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