From: jishnu@nospam.verizon.net   
      
   On 1/11/2015 3:14 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
   > Charles Ellson  wrote:   
   >> "Adam H. Kerman"  wrote:   
   >>> Jishnu Mukerji  wrote:   
   >   
   >>>> Meanwhile my slides which I am sure will last for 100 years also has   
   >>>> fungus attacking them. It is a royal pain. So I am converting all of   
   >>>> them to digital as fast as I can.   
   >   
   >>> As I recall, there was a fungus in the emulsion, and there's a chemical   
   >>> that "disinfects" the slides and would restore them. Don't toss 'em.   
   >   
   >> This stuff is specifically sold as a cleaner for film (with fungus   
   >> mentioned on the page) :-   
   >> http://photosol.com/pec-12/   
   >   
   >> That and similar cleaners will kill the fungus but they won't restore   
   >> any damage where the emulsion has been eroded. Now might be the time   
   >> to scan some and get in some practice with Gimp, PaintShopPro or   
   >> similar software. . . .   
   >   
   > I exaggerated, then. Thanks for looking it up as I was too lazy.   
   >   
   > But don't toss your Cruddychrome.   
   >   
      
   No. not tossing. Just preserving as digital too, in addition to keeping   
   the original.   
      
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