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Hoaxy - 02 Jan 2008 09:53 GMT

Good morning,

I need to clean some 35mm slides before I transfer them onto a PC via a
scanner.

Can anyone let me know the best thing to clean them with first?

Kind Regards

Hoaxy

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Tim Streater - 02 Jan 2008 10:21 GMT

> Good morning,
>
> I need to clean some 35mm slides before I transfer them onto a PC via a
> scanner.
>
> Can anyone let me know the best thing to clean them with first?

What sort of not-clean are they suffering from? Dirt? Finger marks?
mould?

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Hoaxy - 07 Jan 2008 04:53 GMT

>> Good morning,
>>
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> What sort of not-clean are they suffering from? Dirt? Finger marks?
> mould?

Hi Tim,

Its just grime from when they have been stored. Some of them are over
40 yrs old....

I didn't know what to use to save 100's of hrs slaving in software :)

Hoaxy

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Tim Streater - 07 Jan 2008 09:20 GMT

> >> Good morning,
> >>
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> I didn't know what to use to save 100's of hrs slaving in software :)

I took some to an E6 lab where they unmounted it, and ran it through the
bleach and rinse phase, and remounted it. Got rid of the mould!

Unfortunately this was just a test and since then they've changed their
machine, isn't so simple to do any more.

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monopix - 06 Jan 2008 09:37 GMT

> I need to clean some 35mm slides before I transfer them onto a PC via a
> scanner.
>
> Can anyone let me know the best thing to clean them with first?

I've been looking myself for something to clean old negs with. The options
seem to be:

1. Wash them, dip them in photo-flo and let them dry (note, I've seen
warnings about washing old negs as the emulsion may lift off due to it
swelling)
2. Use isopropyl alchohol, or one of the cleaners that contain it (it needs
to be at least 95% pure - apparantly)
3. Use Pec-12 (this may also be isopropyl alchohol based but I've not been
able to find out)

Isopropyl alchohol will removed most greasy types marks and grime but not
water based marks - for that you would have to wash them I guess.

Whatever you do, test it on a slide you can afford to lose first.

I'd be interested to know the results you get.

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Hoaxy - 07 Jan 2008 04:55 GMT

>> I need to clean some 35mm slides before I transfer them onto a PC via a
>> scanner.
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> I'd be interested to know the results you get.

Many thanks for this, i'll certainly give it a go.

Most of the mess is just storage grime I think, but i'll try on a
losable one first...

Hoaxy

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The Good Doctor - 07 Jan 2008 13:38 GMT

>Most of the mess is just storage grime I think, but i'll try on a
>losable one first...

You can get a bottle of ASPEC, the best film cleaner ever made, for
£6.99 plus £1.95 postage from:

http://www.dayshop.com/

It is very effective and completely safe. I use it all the time
before scanning slides.

If you are likely to need a lot of it, it is worth buying more now as
it is a clearance item at 7dayshop.

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monopix - 07 Jan 2008 17:03 GMT

> You can get a bottle of ASPEC, the best film cleaner ever made,

Hmm...

"asPEC" sounds very much like PEC-12 - could it be the same thing from a
different source? I'm still looking for information on the active ingredient
of PEC-12 (and now ASPEC as well).

Is there anything on your bottle of ASPEC that describes the ingredients?

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Mark Dunn - 08 Jan 2008 09:28 GMT

I think he means www.7dayshop.com

> > You can get a bottle of ASPEC, the best film cleaner ever made,
>
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> Is there anything on your bottle of ASPEC that describes the ingredients?

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