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Cleaning fungus from 35mm slides
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From: "William Graham" <w...@comcast.net>
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"Clicker" <""vze22nn5\"@verizon....@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> 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?
>
Don't know if it would help, but Rite Aid has a 70% rubbing alcohol that's
Ethyl alcohol. it's their product # 11822-31386, and it comes in a 1 pint
bottle. I use it to clean my trumpet, because the smell of isopropyl alcohol
makes me sick
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