Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Adam, Are these b&w silver negs? If so, and if you have darkroom experience, you might try re-washing them (I have read that a little Photo-Flo in the wash is useful in this case, but have not tried it) and rinsing with distilled water and Photo-Flo, if you have a dust-free place to hang them to dry. A bathroom usually works fairly well if you take the towels out, and don't tear off any TP while they are drying. You might try this with an expendable neg first. I would be pretty careful about using your fingers or a squeegee, which is not needed in the final rinse anyway - the negs may or may not have been fixed with hardening fixer. If the debris is set in the emulsion, nothing will help except Photoshop. Good luck. Ken > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org [mailto:lug- > bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Adam Bridge > Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 1:01 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: [Leica] How to deal with old negatives > > After my wife's mother died a few weeks ago I was handing a large > envelope of negatives which have been living in the backs of drawers - > but clearly not in the envelope! > > Should I gently clean these before I scan them? They are all sizes > and, well, filthy is the operant word. I'll be scanning them on a > flat-bed scanner. > > Thanks for your suggestions > > Adam > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information