Re: filmscanners: Cleaning slides

[Gordon Tassi]

Tony:  I just bought a bottle and the pads recently.  I do not apply PEC 12
directly to the slide/negative.  I squirt it onto the opad and then apply and
wipe it off with the dry part of the pad.  I have had no residue or seen a
change in the emulsion.

Gordon

TECK wrote:

> Since Pec 12 has come up so often, has anyone used Pec 12 on mounted slides?
> I use only a very small amount and have tried both the Pec Pads and lintless
> cotton and I can not get the Pec 12 off, it leaves white streaks on the
> slides and I have not found a way to use it with mounted slides, is there
> some trick I'm missing???
>
> Tony Eck
>
> > Probably the best and safest cleaner for slides and negs is Pec 12. It's
> > non-water based, which means that the emulsion will not swell, it dries
> > almost instantly, and evaporates completely.
> >