Thanks, Ken! I'm glad I didn't try it. I'm using the blower, static brush
method. It's better than nothing!
Tina
On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Just a cautionary note about using swiffer for cleaning film. Swiffers
> can scratch the film. Unfortunately, these scratches are not visible
> to the human eye and may not even cut through the emulsion itself. But
> depending on whether it's a piece of embedded dirt or the cut ends of
> the swiffer threads itself, it cuts a very thin angle cut into the
> base. This creates a prism angle. When your scanner is a point-source
> light, like the Nikon, the light gets deflected away from the sensor
> and you'll get a line.
>
> About the only "safe" thing to use on film is a bulb/hair brush.
> Squeezing the bulb doesn't actually blow dust off of the negative,
> what it does is create a brief static charge in the brush itself so
> when you dust off the film, the cooties stick to the brush.
>
> You can also "charge" a brush with a blast of compressed air. If you
> blast the film with the compressed air, you end up statically charging
> the film AND you risk warping the film. Blasting the brush will blow
> off any previous cooties and will charge the hair.
>
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