My brother, who was quite a good amateur photographer, told me to use some rubbing alcohol on a Q-tip and gently touch the slide with it to remove mildew. I suppose the same would work for the dust. Or how about one of those cans of air? Evelyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cathy Pinner" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2003 7:09 PM Subject: [SP] cleaning slides > --=======62B3605A======= > Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-EE413D0; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > > Hi everyone, > > Any advice on cleaning slides? My father took lots of slides but never > thought about dust. Scanning them shows the dust up really well. How can I > remove it without damaging the surface of the slide? > > Cheers, > Cathy > > --=======62B3605A=======-- >

--=======16CB29C6======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-EE413D0; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Thanks Evelyn, but what's a Q-tip? My guess is a cotton bud - but wouldn't that possibly leave bits? Cathy At 21:52 6/04/2003 -0400, you wrote: >My brother, who was quite a good amateur photographer, told me to use some >rubbing alcohol on a Q-tip and gently touch the slide with it to remove >mildew. I suppose the same would work for the dust. Or how about one of >those cans of air? >Evelyn >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Cathy Pinner" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2003 7:09 PM >Subject: [SP] cleaning slides > > Hi everyone, > > > > Any advice on cleaning slides? My father took lots of slides but never > > thought about dust. Scanning them shows the dust up really well. How can I > > remove it without damaging the surface of the slide? > > > > Cheers, > > Cathy --=======16CB29C6=======--

Q-tip is a brand name for a cotton ball on a stick. I guess some sections of the country might call them a cotton bud. Apparently it does not leave bits when it is wet with the alcohol. Why not try it with a slide you do not care about and see what happens. My brother lived in the Marshall Islands and mildew was quite a problem over there. It seems to have worked for him. Evelyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cathy Pinner" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2003 10:02 PM Subject: Re: [SP] cleaning slides > --=======16CB29C6======= > Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-EE413D0; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > > Thanks Evelyn, > > but what's a Q-tip? My guess is a cotton bud - but wouldn't that possibly > leave bits? > > Cathy > > At 21:52 6/04/2003 -0400, you wrote: > > >My brother, who was quite a good amateur photographer, told me to use some > >rubbing alcohol on a Q-tip and gently touch the slide with it to remove > >mildew. I suppose the same would work for the dust. Or how about one of > >those cans of air? > >Evelyn > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Cathy Pinner" <[email protected]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2003 7:09 PM > >Subject: [SP] cleaning slides > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > Any advice on cleaning slides? My father took lots of slides but never > > > thought about dust. Scanning them shows the dust up really well. How can I > > > remove it without damaging the surface of the slide? > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Cathy > > --=======16CB29C6=======-- >