----- Original Message ----- From: "John Celio" Subject: Cleaning prints?
> I've got some prints that need to be cleaned so I can scan them (they're > photos to which I've lost the negatives, that I want to put in my new > gallery). > > Some of them are minilab glossy prints, some are good old Kodak black & > white 8x10s (RC) I made in the college darkroom. > > What are some good ways to clean prints like these? The glossy ones are the > worst, some of them even being stuck together still. Any tips would be much > appreciated. Good luck. Mike mentioned distilled water, I wouldn't bother, I'd just use tap water, Make sure everything is at room temperature. If the water is too warm, you risk seperating the emulsion from the paper. You also risk this if your soak times are overly long with resin coated paper. Add a healthy dose of plain ordinary dish detergent to the water bath (unless you have a bottle of Photo Flo sitting around, which is essentially the same thing). William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
