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On Nov 8 2008, 7:42 am, "Lawrence Akutagawa"
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"David Nebenzahl" wrote in message
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On 11/7/2008 11:25 AM Nicholas O. Lindan spake thus:

The lint from the drier filter depends on the design of the drier.

On mine the filter pulls out from a slot on the top deck of the drier
and it deposits a fine sprinkling of lint over the top of the drier
every time it is pulled out.

Over the years there has been quite an accumulation of lint in odd
corners of the laundry room. The accumulation thickness is inverse
to the distance from the drier.

Same with mine (by the way, it's dryer, not drier). I think the chances
the O.P. has for a lint-free darkroom are vanishingly small here.

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the
powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

I'm not thrilled with the new constraints, it'll mean a lot of diligence
the keep dust under control in film processing and enlarger maintenance.
But, thanks to all for good ideas!

I'll add my two cents. Get one of those simple hand held sprayers and
spray
the air in the room with plain water perhaps about a 1/2 hour before you
start working. When all that misty water has settled, wipe down the
counter
tops, floor, etc with a damp towel. Of course, keep the enlarger covered -
even a large plastic 32 gallon trash bag will do.

A good air filter in the room can also help.

I have allergies. Dust is probably the worst. I realized many years
ago that rain flushes a huge % of the dust & allergens from the air,
which caused me to try to reduce the dust in a room w/ H2O in a
spritzer bottle. 1 spraying may or may not help, but 3 applications
always knocks the particles down to an acceptable level, sometimes 2
times does the trick. Some spritzer bottles work far better than
other. My current bottle is a very cheap purple, poorly made one.
It's the best one I've ever used for this purpose. The key seems to be
the fineness of the spray. The best way I've discovered to do this is
to spray over the entire square footage of the room aiming close to &
parallel to the ceiling. I try to not spray over any electronic gear
(computers, TVs, remotes, certainly not over photographs, high quality
books etc). I usually wait 5min. between applications. It's worked
for many years for me.

Good luck
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Interesting, I will try that. I think with all the measures I will take
(still in process of moving and renovating) I feel confident I won't have to
buy Spotone in the gallon size.