[pure-silver] Re: fluff
- From: "Richard Knoppow" <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 14:58:14 -0700
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From: "Shannon Stoney" <sstoney@xxxxxxx>
To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 10:40 AM
Subject: [pure-silver] fluff
Is there any way to fix the effects of a little piece of
fluff landing on the negative during exposure, after the
fact? On the print it shows up as a sort of C-shaped thin
black mark, about the size of the C in this email, or
maybe a tiny bit larger, on a print 11x14. On the 4x5
negative, obviously, it's much smaller. I dare not try to
fix the negative with spotone, as I've messed up negatives
badly this way. Can I bleach away the C on the print?
Also, I vacuum and dust the holders out carefully, but
this still happens. Yesterday I dusted my camera out
thoroughly, and I"m going to vacuum it too with a little
portable vacuum. How often does one have to do this to
avoid this sort of thing?!?
--shannon
About the only thing I can suggest for the camera is to
use mild sticky tape, like masking tape, to pick up any dust
or lint the vacuum misses on both camera and holders. Test
this on a small area of the inside of the bellows to make
sure it doesn't do anything bad to the cloth. Vacuums seem
to miss a surprizing amount of dust.
I have had reasonable luck with Iodine bleach for
removing spots from prints filling them in with Spotone (if
you can find it). Any bleach requires refixing the print.
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