Alternatives to mineral oil for drum scanning

[Brent Long]

Thanks, do you use Baby oil on an epson scanner? I scan with one too and would like to try wet mounting, wonder if baby oil is safe to use on slides and negs and is it easy to clean after the use.

Sorry, I only remember doing it once, and that on an old Canoscan 8000F directly on the glass, though I think I put down a piece of saran-wrap between the bed and film, thereby making cleaning the bed unnecessary. The film wasn't difficult to clean, but I used either dish detergent or some film wash, I don't remember which. In weak dilution I really don't think dish detergent is going to harm your film, but maybe I'm wrong on that.