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Old July 20th 11, 06:48 PM posted to rec.photo.darkroom
Jean-David Beyer
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Default Cleaning slides

rcurryastro wrote:
I have a large number of slides that I intend to scan into my computer
in the near future. For the most part, these slides were not in
protective sleeves and some were loose in boxes out in the air.

Can anyone give me a suggestion for a way to clean off the surface dust
that will do the least damage to the slide?

Thanks in advance.

Roger in Jacksonville, FL




I have not had this problem, but if I did, I would use my Zone VI high
voltage electrozapper brush that I use for cleaning negatives before I
print them.

It is a brush with a wood handle and a metal ferrule to hold the
bristles to the handle. It also has a neon sign transformer that puts
out 5000 volts or so. The ground side of the transformer goes to the
metal ferrule and the high voltage side goes to a needle just above the
bristles. The high voltage sets up a corona that discharges the charge
of the dust or the film, and the bristles then just push the dust away.


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