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Re: filmscanners: Cleaning slides
Alan Tyson wrote:
>> B&W prints and full strength household
>> ammonia dissolved the emulsion right off the print.
>
>
> Arthur,
>
> Ammonia is also quite a good solvent for metallic silver,
> especially finely divided as in B&W images, so I presume the
> idea was to remove an unwanted relative, politician or other
> bystander from the print!
>
> Alan T
Doesn't one wish something as ubiquitous as ammonia could remove
unwanted relatives or better still, politicians ;-) Well, I suppose if
one were to mix it in their drinks it might, in strong enough
concentration, but the stuff does leave a tell-tale odor... ;)
Art
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