Cleaning Film Strips

[imported_peter_m]

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Any advise on how to clean film strips.

 

Got some back and it looks like a few of the frames have some sort of residue on it, looks almost like they didn't get dried properly and some of the liquid dried on it.

 

Thanks

 

Peter

[dkCambridgeshire]

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... a few of the frames have some sort of residue on it' date=' looks almost like they didn't get dried properly and some of the liquid dried on it ...[/quote]

 

They are probably just drying marks and probably won't show up when projected ... they are normally left on the glossy non emulsion side of the slide and should wipe off if you breathe on the film and then use a lens tissue or a lens cleaning cloth .... if the marks look very bad the film can be washed in ionised water with a tiny drop of wetting agent and then hung to dry using film clips .

 

Dunk

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[uulrich]

Got some back and it looks like a few of the frames have some sort of residue on it, looks almost like they didn't get dried properly and some of the liquid dried on it.

Sounds the lab screwed up their wetting agent after washing. Does it look like grey or white stain spots? You can use mineral water to clean it. Your film gets soft a bit so ensure you put these on a hanger somewhere in a dust free area. Should be fine after half an hour or so.

[imported_peter_m]

Thank you Dunk and Uwe,

 

I think from your description it might be just drying marks since they are translucent, looks like water streaks you get on a window sometimes, they did glean up quit easy with a lens cloth.

 

We don't have the best lab up here, our one and only real lab closed down so short of mailing film all over the place I stuck with the grocery store labs.

 

Peter

[waileong]

PEC-12 is the best film cleaner there is. However, if they are drying marks/water marks, etc. they cannot be cleaned.

[imported_peter_m]

Thank you Lee,

 

I think I am OK they scanned not to bad.

 

Peter