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   Adam H. Kerman to Charles Ellson   
   Re: The torch is passed to a new generat   
   11 Jan 15 20:14:04   
   
   From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   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.   
      
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