[Leica] Retouching enlargements experience?

[Ken Carney]

Spotone is gone, but Marshall has similar products.  The brush was 
really important, just a tiny sharp tip almost dry.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1436740-REG/marshall_retouching_ms4b_spot_all_kit_4b_4.html

Ken

On 2/18/2019 5:10 PM, Lluis Ripoll via LUG wrote:
> Thank you Don, I develop my negatives in distilled water and I rinse them with Tetenal Mirasol (similar to Photo Flo), I can say that generally I obtain a satisfactory cleaning of my negatives, the problem I’ve encountered has been when I’ve enlarged a negative, on the print it appeared asomething very small like a small hair, I’ve cleaned the negative with an anti-static cloth and I’ve removed the dust, I did a new enlargement and the dust has appeared in an other location of the enlargement. On this case what I want is simply do a retouching of the enlargement. I’ve received many answers and comments recommending me Spotone and I will try it.
>
> Thank you!
> Lluis
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>> El 18 febr 2019, a les 4:14, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> va escriure:
>>
>> Back in the day: start with distilled water filtered for all your mixing of
>> chemicals and rinsing negatives in photoflo.  Use a clean soft pad to
>> remove excess wetting agent or what I used at the end, denatured alcohol
>> leaving the film on the reels..  Then I had a custom built film dryer that
>> basically used a hairdryer sucking in air through a hepa filter and into a
>> metal tube that held the reels of film.  So, most of the time the film was
>> clean and straight into sleeves.
>>
>> When enlarging blow the negatives off with an air compressor through a hepa
>> filter.  If you still have dust spots then, sigh, there is nothing but spot
>> tone inks and a really fine brush.  Become the artist and mix the colors
>> until you get the tone right, much easier typed than done.  I will say that
>> once you have standardized on a paper and developer you learn the mix and
>> it becomes a lot easier.  Wearing one of those binocular magnifiers you see
>> jewelers and watch repair techs use carefully put really tiny dots of ink
>> down in the dust spot building the density up with more dots.  Let it dry
>> between as the density changes as it dries.  This is a true art/craft and
>> it gets much easier the more you do it.  I have to say that I was doing a
>> lot of this for myself and others who gave up learning.
>>
>> But, with a smile, spotting is so much easier using Adobe's tools.
>>
>> All the best, and just like using an M, there is a learning curve in seeing
>> color in the B&W and a steady hand with the brush along with a whole lot of
>> patience.
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 17, 2019 at 7:22 PM Lluis Ripoll via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Steve, mon ami
>>>
>>> I will share the answer with you if I find it…..
>>>
>>> Amitiés
>>> Lluis
>>>
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>>>> El 18 febr 2019, a les 1:19, Stephen Barbour via LUG <
>>> lug at leica-users.org> va escriure:
>>>> Well put, agree with all including your ending question.
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone, Steve
>>>>
>>>>> On Feb 17, 2019, at 4:12 PM, Lluis Ripoll via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>>> I’ve encountered sometimes when I enlarge a small dust like small hairs
>>> that ruin the enlargement. I clean it, I look to the negative with a
>>> magnifier 8X but sometimes I’ve removed the dust from one point to another
>>> point.
>>>>> To clean the nregative I’m using PEC PAD with the special tissues
>>> provided but sometimes a supplementary action on the enlargement would be
>>> necessary. I think it is very difficult do a good retouching and make a
>>> similar tone to the one of the print.
>>>>> Some experiences about cleaning better the negatives or applying
>>> retouching?
>>>>> Thank you!
>>>>> Lluis
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>> Don
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