Digital BW, The Print

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From: "mh" <mh@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 8:24 AM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] mounting fluid


> I've never had film that evaporated perfectly enough to be put away
> with no cleaning whatsoever. I usually plan on some streaks so try and
> cut them off at the pass by spraying both sides down with film cleaner
> (prazio) and then wiping with a wipe (prazio ultra wipes are the same
> as the fotex kind).  I do all of them at once (leaving them out on a
> wipe) before putting any back in a sleeve. That is more out of
> convenience than as a precaution.
>
>    I have yet to be completely satisfied with my process and have been
> known to put some negatives away with streaks if I don't care about
> them too much.
>

I use a similar procedure and materials. I drop the negs on a clean wipe,
spray the top with Prazio film cleaner and wipe it off with a second wipe. I
then flip the negs onto a clean wipe and repeat the cleaning. I find that if
I am getting some streaks just repeating the process using clean wipes will
take care of the problem. Most clean up in the first pass but everything has
cleaned up after at least three applications of cleaner.

It appears that there is a relationship to how long you leave the negs
mounted in contact with the oil and how easy they are to clean afterwards.

Martin Wesley