george_crawford Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 Help My family recently gave me a box of photos and negatives to restore from my older brothers army duty in italy. the photos are faded and stored in plastic cased albums. th enegatives scan well but the dust issues are driving me crazy. any one know of a quick procedure to clean these babies? Any help is good George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtk Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 One partial solution may be "Tiger Cloth"...anti-static dusting cloth from Lightimpressionsdirect.com You may also want to soak the negs briefly in warm water with a few drops of photoflow, squeegee-ing (sp) them with your fingers and hanging them to dry in a low dust environment (like from a shower curtain rod). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill crookston Posted August 11, 2005 Share Posted August 11, 2005 Dust on negatives is what the <A HREF="http://www.boofey.com">Booflet Film Cleaner </A> was designed for. This product - using no chemicals - collects the dust and retains it on an adhesive pad. There is also an anti-static device.<P>Many discerning photographers use these devices rather than brushes or canned air.<P>Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_halfhill Posted August 11, 2005 Share Posted August 11, 2005 Be careful about rewetting old negatives -- you can ruin them! This happened to me with an old uncut roll of 35mm negatives. Try it first on an unimportant negative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattb1 Posted August 11, 2005 Share Posted August 11, 2005 There are some film cleaning products around that are not water based so the emulsion should not be effected. Edwall maybe as a source? I have not tried it yet, but I hope it will help me with my old B&W negatives that I can not use ICE on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now