From: ce11son@yahoo.ca   
      
   On Sun, 11 Jan 2015 03:40:18 +0000 (UTC), "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.   
      
   Other film-specific cleaners are probably available. Most of the   
   generic "usual suspects" in the solvent world seem to get a mention   
   WRT fungus on film in discussion groups etc. but I wouldn't touch them   
   unless a professional (museum, film or similar) web site has   
   information concerning suitability. Film that only needs a gentle   
   clean often requires nothing more than distilled water.   
      
   >It was a problem unique to particular emulsions of Cruddychrome and   
   >wouldn't affect film generally.   
      
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