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<p>Sorry for the delay on the update, was waiting till weekend.<br>

I decided to give cleaning negative a try. I cleaned it with Pac-12 again, very very through, used 99% Isopropyl alcohol and cleaned it with water.<br>

Here is scan with no ICE used: https://goo.gl/photos/QSe8RAD8eXtN7Seh6<br>

not much changed, but interestingly, ICE could work much better. Here is a scan with ICE to the max (I am using SilverFast): https://goo.gl/photos/dKLGKRriSPj55mpN8<br>

I tend to think that this is most likely damage to the physical layer due to age (yes, it is Kodak Gold, and yes it was not stored in perfect condition).<br>

I think that wet mount may help me, so it is a next step, waiting on scanning fluid. Will update...<br>

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<p>Les,<br>

Scan using Epson software (ICE is on, the rest is off): https://goo.gl/photos/V6fcwC13FpgW8rus8<br>

Scan using SilverFast with max ICE correction: https://goo.gl/photos/cgTuegK8sbabHdHe7</p>

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<p>Les,<br>

I am using SiverFast to scan and yes, ICE does very little to these defects. If I have dust then ICE works exactly as expected, removing most of the dust. Links are correct. The scanner I have is V800 and I do appreciate ICE, but I have not personally used Coolscan. <br>

<br />Thanks,</p>

<p>Brooks, thank you, I do use Kinetronics brushes and pec-12 with pec pad.</p>

<p>Allen, is there really a difference between Edwal Anti-Stat and PEC-12?</p>

<p>Hello,<br>

I am working on scanning my collection of old negatives and I need some help on cleaning.<br>

I am using Epson V800 dry mount for scanning. Prior to scanning I either just remove dust with Kinetronics brush or use PAE-12 cleaning solution with PEC-PAD to clean negatives.<br>

However, some of the negatives show damage/dirt which I can not remove. When I started I tried to wash negatives in Kodak's solutions but I don't think it was too helpful either.<br>

I picked one image as an example, to show. It is not the very good image and I scanned it directly into JPEG without any additional processing/settings at all, but it display the damage I am taking about.<br>

Negative scanned without ICE: https://goo.gl/photos/N4vUXeqzZdnYKhoA7</p>

<p >same negative scanned with ICE: https://goo.gl/photos/wt2cSVxrg5eHHnrf9<br>

When I put negative on the the light box, I can see the white marks as well so it is not the scanner.<br>

Any recommendation on what I can try to clean/repair the negative?<br>

Thank you,<br>

Vadim<br>

PS: I have negatives which I would be OK to loose so I can try something crazy (I've read somewhere that people used lighting fluid ?). I am also think about trying wet mount, but I am not sure how it would help.<br>

PS2: same image scanned as 48bit TIFF and converted to JPEG using DXO OpticsPro: https://goo.gl/photos/q5SdDF6nFauSMEXe6</p>

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<p>I have number of 35mm negatives and would love to have them scanned, but most of my negatives would have to be washed/cleaned first.<br>

Can some one recommend service which would physically clean 35mm negatives before scanning them?<br>

Thanks,<br>

Vadim</p>

<p>PS: I am US/California/San Francisco Area but have no problem shipping to the good lab.</p>

I pulled out my negatives to make a few prints and I found that all of my

negatives where subject to moisture. On most of the negatives there are

moisture spots. I used to keep negatives in the ClearFiles pages, in the safe,

and I guess there was excess of the moisture in the safe.

Now I need to clean negatives, and I was thinking about rewashing them. I was

thinking about washing them in Photo-Flo or FLEXICOLOR Final Rinse and

Replenisher. We are talking about color negatives 2-15 years old. Any

thoughts? Do I need to worry about adding stabilizer?

Thanks,

Vadik.

PS: wiping negatives with Pec12 and similar doesn't look too attractive due to

the number of the negatives (a few hundred rolls).