I've just been given 3 x 100 boxes of slides in sealed trays which date back to the 1970s. They have been poorly stored and some of the slides (about half) have some measure of mould damage or other damage. They are mostly of family and local area of the period and are time worthy for me to try and repair as best as possible.
Some of them are clear of overall mould but spotted; these I can scan and repair in Lightroom or Elements. The others still have a mould growth over the entire film surface, and I want to clean them up before scanning and digital repair. The image behind nearly all of them is good enough to try and repair. In the days of local photography shops (happy days, the four local ones to me are all long closed) I believe there was a liquid film cleaner that could be bought, although I have no idea if it was up to this sort of job anyway. Is there anything I can acquire from a chemist, or some household cleaning product I could use, possibly diluted, that is gentle enough to remove the mould before drying and scanning? Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
