Digital BW, The Print

Oil mounting has been around for a long time and many products are available
from heavy gels to very light weight oils like Kami. A good source in the US
is Prazio.

http://www.prazio.com

Their "Anti-Newton Oil" is similar to Kami.

Don't forget that you can just go the local drugstore and get a bottle of
mineral oil. Clean up is more of a chore but it works very well and is much
cheaper.

For large negs consider using a cover sheet so that you have a sandwich of
glass/oil/neg/oil/cover film. The cover film is taped to the glass and you
can then use film wipes on the cover film to work air bubbles out to the
edge of the negative.

Martin Wesley

http://www.borderless-photos.de/guests.html



----- Original Message -----

From: <jvlist@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 9:41 AM
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Epson3200 - Test results/Kami


> > http://www.kami-produkte.de/english/sxl.html
>
> In the USA the Kami distributor is Aztek:
>
> http://www.aztek.com/Products/Aztek%20Supplies%20&%20Accessories.htm
>
>

> For large negs consider using a cover sheet so that you have a 
sandwich of
> glass/oil/neg/oil/cover film. The cover film is taped to the glass 
and you
> can then use film wipes on the cover film to work air bubbles out 
to the
> edge of the negative.
> 
> Martin Wesley

Would some cover material like a clear acetate be sufficent as a 
cover film ? How is the negative cleaned after scanning ? Any danger 
to the emulsion of the negative ?
TIA
Andre