[filmscanners] Re: about air compressors

["Arthur Entlich" <artistic-1@shaw.ca>]

I love reading these types of stories.  I occasionally see those units
in thrift stores also.  It's a great idea, and they do carry a notice on
them "oil-less compressor"...

Art

HPA wrote:

> There are two basic types of air compressors, ones that use oil in the
> pistons and ones that don't.  I have had a bad experience in the past when
> trace amounts of this oil were blown onto a negative and several years later
> it developed spots there.  Now I use a medical, or breathing, compressor.
> It is designed for breathing.  It puts out 40lb which is perfect for
> negatives and slides.  I use a foot pedal to turn it on momentarily. It
> works perfect.  I got it at a thrift store for $5.  For a nozzle, I use one
> that came with the old "Dust-off" cans they used to sell at camera stores.
> Tom Robinson
>
>


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