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From: "RSD99" <rsdwla.NOS...@gte.net>

Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2004 21:43:21 GMT

Local: Sat, Feb 7 2004 8:43 am

Subject: Re: Cleaning fungus from 35mm slides

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Re: "...
Haven't found anything
stronger than rubbing alcohol which is about a 4% solution.
..."
Unless I'm sadly mistaken, I've got a 16 oz bottle labeled "99% Isopropyl Rubbing Alcohol"
on the shelf ... from Long's Drug Store! I got it about a month ago, and it only cost a
couple of bucks. IIRC they had three varieties of "Rubbing Alcohol ... 77%, 90% and 99%
... on the shelf that day.

It has the number "NCD 12333-9804-1" on the label, and the bar code label is
3 12333 98041 7

"...
I've tried
using PEC-12, a film cleaning solution and haven't seen much of an
improvement.
..."

PEC-12 is a good product. It may not be able to do anything with the mold because the mold
has actually eaten into the film surface. If so ... you are probably limited to what you
can do with PhotoShop (or equivalent).

"Clicker" <""vze22nn5\"@verizon....@verizon.net> wrote in message

news:CXRUb.1145$M8.836@nwrdny02.gnilink.net...

> Has anyone else seen a fungus on their slides?

> I have 6-7 rolls of slide film (Kodak, Kodachrome 64) that I shot back
> in 1984. They slides were stored in the carousel's I use with the
> projector. (My bad.) Recently I dug up the slides and decided to scan
> them into my computer for archive and enhancement. Much to my surprise,
> what looked fine when projected on a wall or screen, actually had a fine
> blue & green grit covering the entire slide which was picked up by my
> scanner. (HP_Scanjet 5370C with transparency adapter.) I called Kodak
> customer support and they have told me that Kodachrome from that period
> in time was highly susceptible to growing a fungus, which is what I am
> seeing in my scanned images. The suggestion was to use a strong
> Isopropyl solution and a cotton ball to clean. Haven't found anything
> stronger than rubbing alcohol which is about a 4% solution. I've tried
> using PEC-12, a film cleaning solution and haven't seen much of an
> improvement.

> Besides recreating the trip, any other suggestions on dealing with this
> problem?

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