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- From: eugene@briar.lle.rochester.edu (Eugene Kowaluk)
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- Subject: Pen ink on a negative
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- Date: 20 Nov 92 19:36:32 GMT
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- Tom Epperly writes:
- > I have a small dot of blue ball point pen ink on one of my negatives.
- > A pen dropped on the negative while I was filling out a form to get an
- > enlargement of it. Is there a safe way to remove ink from the
- > negative? The ink is on the side opposite of the emulsion.
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- I mark all my scientific films after processing. This amounts to upwards
- of dozens of images per day. When errors occur I use ethyl alcohol USP 200
- proof with a low-lint cloth like Kaydry.
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- However, all my inks are indelible (i.e., waterproof), and alcohol is an
- easy cleanup. Your's might be water soluble.
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- I would have a concern more from the indent your pen made than a way to
- clean up the ink.
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- eugene kowaluk
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