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HY - 23 Apr 2004 06:31 GMT

newbie in B/W printing..

got my negative all dirty, what's the best way to clean them?

thanks

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John - 23 Apr 2004 06:57 GMT

>got my negative all dirty, what's the best way to clean them?

Carefully.

And consider using a combination of compressed "air" such as
those sold by office supply stores for the cleaning of computer media.
Also good quality paint brush (natural not artificial) will work
quite well.

Regards,

John S. Douglas, Photographer - http://www.darkroompro.com
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k - 12 May 2004 02:36 GMT

anti static cloth for film.

doesnt anybody know of these? why is everyone recommending air compressors
and stupid sh.t?

k.

> newbie in B/W printing..
>
> got my negative all dirty, what's the best way to clean them?
>
> thanks

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CWal871581 - 12 May 2004 02:53 GMT

<< Subject: Re: dust all over negative
From: "k" k@aaa.ca
Date: Tue, May 11, 2004 6:36 PM
Message-id: <Ocfoc.38643$pp.30525@news04.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com>

anti static cloth for film.

doesnt anybody know of these? why is everyone recommending air compressors
and stupid sh.t?

k.

> newbie in B/W printing..
>
> got my negative all dirty, what's the best way to clean them?
>
> thanks

using a cloth to drag the junk across the film can possibly cause the junk to
scratch the film (same goes for filters and lenses). If you don't touch it,
you can't scratch it, so the first attempt should be to blow it away. Also, if
you hit it with an anti-static gun first the junk blows away much easier.

Curtis

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