Hello list, I have been cleaning out an attic pending my folks moving. I have found several negatives which were not stored properly. I would like to clean them and have them printed. Any suggestions as what to use, if any, to clean these negatives. BTW, the negatives are black and white. Thanks. JB Wilson, Beaverton, OR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ JB Wilson, Beaverton, OR, USA "Searching for the Living, Honoring the Dead" <designs@hevanet.com> Researching: Kangas, Eskola, Mattson/Matson, Makkonen, Aho, Runtujärvi, Barnes, Benedict, Crandle/Crandall, Miner, Ufford, Berry & Williams NY/PA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I used Energine dry cleaning fluid in my photo classroom for years. You can buy it at a hardware store. Photo neg. chemical cleaner is much more expensive. Use a cotton ball with the solution. Ceil ----- Original Message ----- From: "JB Wilson" <designs@hevanet.com> To: <VINTAGE-PHOTOS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 9:50 PM Subject: [VINTAGE-PHOTOS] Cleaning Negatives > Hello list, > > I have been cleaning out an attic pending my folks moving. I have found > several negatives which were not stored properly. I would like to clean > them and have them printed. Any suggestions as what to use, if any, to > clean these negatives. BTW, the negatives are black and white. > > Thanks. > JB Wilson, Beaverton, OR > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > JB Wilson, Beaverton, OR, USA > "Searching for the Living, Honoring the Dead" > <designs@hevanet.com> > Researching: Kangas, Eskola, Mattson/Matson, Makkonen, Aho, Runtujärvi, > Barnes, Benedict, Crandle/Crandall, Miner, Ufford, Berry & Williams NY/PA > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >

The simplest cleaning fluid to use is Industrial Spirits, effectively denatured alcohol. One can use straight ethyl alcohol but in the UK tax is payable at a high rate whereas Industrial Spririts is more cost effective but requires a Customs permit to buy and store for a particular purpose. I have successfully used industrial spirits for years after reading about it in the British Journal Photographic Almanac/Annual. They also suggest the following: "To remove greasy finger marks and dirt prepare:- Ethyl alcohol 85 parts Methyl alcohol 10 parts Ammonia 0.880 5 parts NOTE: Methylated spirit can NOT be used as a substitute for the ethyl alcohol. Pass the film through a folded chamois or linen pad moistened with the solution and held with the fingers." Their other option I used to use but is now out of the question as it contaIns Carbon Tetrachloride which was banned by the Montreal Protocol! -----Original Message----- From: JB Wilson [mailto:designs@hevanet.com] Sent: 12 January 2002 02:51 To: VINTAGE-PHOTOS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [VINTAGE-PHOTOS] Cleaning Negatives Hello list, I have been cleaning out an attic pending my folks moving. I have found several negatives which were not stored properly. I would like to clean them and have them printed. Any suggestions as what to use, if any, to clean these negatives. BTW, the negatives are black and white. Thanks. JB Wilson, Beaverton, OR