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I just purchased a slide/film scanner, and was wondering if anyone
could advise me the best method of cleaning the slides before
scanning? Is there a tutorial out there? Recommended products? I
have over 1500 slides to scan.

I saw on one website a 3-ring slide folder, that you can store 20
slides in it and still see the slides. Would this be a good method of
storage after cleaning and scanning? Any brands recommended?

Thanks,

Jim

> I just purchased a slide/film scanner, and was wondering if anyone
> could advise me the best method of cleaning the slides before
> scanning?

I've never cleaned slides personally, so I can't address that one. I just
let ICE do its thing.


> I saw on one website a 3-ring slide folder, that you can store 20
> slides in it and still see the slides. Would this be a good method of
> storage after cleaning and scanning? Any brands recommended?

That's what I do, and it works great. Adorama has a good selection of that
stuff under their brand name. Other companies have the actual brand names
that Adorama uses for comparable prices. The black "archival 3-ring binder"
isn't airtight at all, and is actually pretty flimsy. But it has done the
trick for me so far.

I like that once the slide is inserted into the sleeve, it is pretty much
airtight. Thus, less chance for mold growing on the film.

Kodak's Web site (www.kodak.com) has a lot of technical information. A
search with the word "Cleaning" turned up a large number of articles. One
is at
http://www.kodak.com/global/en/consu.../cis145.shtml;
it talks generlaly about cleaning film and negatives. There may be
something on the site specificlaly about slides, but I didn't look at all
the hits.

"Jim" <> wrote in message
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> I just purchased a slide/film scanner, and was wondering if anyone
> could advise me the best method of cleaning the slides before
> scanning? Is there a tutorial out there? Recommended products? I
> have over 1500 slides to scan.
>
> I saw on one website a 3-ring slide folder, that you can store 20
> slides in it and still see the slides. Would this be a good method of
> storage after cleaning and scanning? Any brands recommended?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim
>

Thanks for the lead Marvin.



On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 11:57:09 -0500, "Marvin Margoshes"
<> wrote:

>Kodak's Web site (www.kodak.com) has a lot of technical information. A
>search with the word "Cleaning" turned up a large number of articles. One
>is at
>http://www.kodak.com/global/en/consu.../cis145.shtml;
>it talks generlaly about cleaning film and negatives. There may be
>something on the site specificlaly about slides, but I didn't look at all
>the hits.
>