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From: Clicker <""vze22nn5\"@verizon....@verizon.net>

Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2004 15:00:05 GMT

Local: Tues, Feb 10 2004 2:00 am

Subject: Re: Cleaning fungus from 35mm slides

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Thanks all for the suggestions. Seems I may have gotten a little mixed
up with the percentage. I've seen an ad for ICE to be used with the
scanning. Isn't that a plug-in for Photoshop? It might actually be
cheaper for me to buy a plane ticket back to Hawaii and shot again. I've
got family there so, hotel is cheap.

Thanks again.

William Graham wrote:
> "KBob" <K...@donteventry.net> wrote in message
> news:3aha20trmel1p6m27p0auv57rrie0sg98n@4ax.com...

>>On Sat, 07 Feb 2004 02:42:43 GMT, "William Graham" <w...@comcast.net>
>>wrote:

>>>"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?

>>>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

>>If you bought it at Rite Aid, there's little doubt it contains
>>denaturant additives. If you are concerned about this try a liquor
>>store and buy a jug of grain alcohol ("Everclear" brand). It's 95
>>percent ethyl alcohol.

> You are probably right, but I don't drink it, but just use it to clean my
> trumpet with......I don't know whether the denaturing additives would hurt
> film or not....I would test anything I bought on a throw-away slide first in
> any case.....

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