Kodak's advice: http://support.en.kodak.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/33120/~/remove-mold%2Ffungus-from-negatives-or-slides/selected/true This site also says that naptha can be used: http://www.old-photo.com/pages/35mm-slide-cleaning.htm
Pure alcohol. Would that mean you could also use Everclear? On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 3:41 AM, Malcolm Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > I've just been given 3 x 100 boxes of slides in sealed trays which date back > to the 1970s. They have been poorly stored and some of the slides (about > half) have some measure of mould damage or other damage. They are mostly of > family and local area of the period and are time worthy for me to try and > repair as best as possible. > > Some of them are clear of overall mould but spotted; these I can scan and > repair in Lightroom or Elements. The others still have a mould growth over > the entire film surface, and I want to clean them up before scanning and > digital repair. The image behind nearly all of them is good enough to try > and repair. In the days of local photography shops (happy days, the four > local ones to me are all long closed) I believe there was a liquid film > cleaner that could be bought, although I have no idea if it was up to this > sort of job anyway. Is there anything I can acquire from a chemist, or some > household cleaning product I could use, possibly diluted, that is gentle > enough to remove the mould before drying and scanning? > > Malcolm > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- “The Earth is Art, The Photographer is only a Witness ” ― Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Earth from Above -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
