From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   Jishnu Mukerji   wrote:   
   >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.   
      
   Well, you've got to disinfect it first. Someone else looked it up.   
      
   --- SoupGate/W32 v1.03   
    * Origin: LiveWire BBS -=*=- UseNet FTN Gateway (1:2320/1)