John wrote: > Naphtha & 98% alcohol dry really fast. You have to be careful you're > not just sliding the dirt & fungus around, and if the surface dries > while you're still rubbing, there's a risk of scratching the emulsion. > > If you're going to be removing the slides from their mounts & > remounting them after cleaning, you might try using something like pre- > moistened eyeglass cleaning wipes. > > http://www.walgreens.com/store/c/walgreens-pre-moistened-lens- > wipes/ID=prod6191605-product > > I've also used a lens cloth wetted with Photo-Flo followed by dipping > in Photo-Flo followed by distilled water to rinse & hanging them to dry > before remounting.
Luckily - or is that really lucky? - I have some fairly mouldy slides of no consequence to practice on first. I suspect that after a few goes I'll get some idea of the skill involved to remove, rather scoot the mould/dirt/fluff etc about. 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.
