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Black hair scratches or mould

PostPosted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 10:57 am
by garyritson
Dear Sir/ Madam, Could anyone have a look at these two scans let me know what they think the marks are and how I might clean them further before scanning?
Does anyone have any idea if they are breaking down because of age, is it mould or scratches?
I am scanning slides from 1963, they have not been stored correctly or looked after. I am currently using PEC 12 from Photosol.com to clean them but not everything is coming off.
Scan no 1 (dirt) is without cleaning and scan no 2 (dirt 2)is cleaned with PEC 12.

Any help would be great
Thanking you
Gary Ritson

Re: Black hair scratches or mould

PostPosted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 12:59 pm
by LSI_Morales
Hi there,

it would help if we could actually see the pictures.

Cheers

Re: Black hair scratches or mould

PostPosted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 1:22 pm
by garyritson
oops I thought i uploaded them
I'll try again....

Re: Black hair scratches or mould

PostPosted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 3:10 pm
by LSI_Morales
Hi there,

It looks more like some sort of mould growing into the film emulsion. Have you tried any sort of infrared correction?

Cheers