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Re: filmscanners: Cleaning slides
The reason I say eeek, is because I was a mouse in a former life, and
its habit...
No, really, because you're are playing with the pH of the film. Ammonia
is very base (alkaline), and I have no idea how it responds with
formaldehyde hardener, etc. I do know that I once was playing with
household chemicals on some B&W prints and full strength household
ammonia dissolved the emulsion right off the print.
Unless I read an authoritative source that says a certain concentration
of ammonia is safe for film emulsions, you'll excuse me if I run into my
hole in the wall and shiver ;-)
Art
Colin Maddock wrote:
>> I use cotton bud dipped in a diluted ammonia based household cleaner - it
>works wonders on the mould too.
>>
>> Colin Maddock
>
>
> Art said:
>
>> All I can say is eeek! stay away from my film!
>
>
> Why do you say "eeek" Art? Needless to say, the above cleaning method has no
>adverse effect on the film. In fact it is "squeeky clean". No smears, no
>marks, a scan looks perfect. These are old slides that I am talking about.
>
> Colin Maddock
>
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