Cleaning and restoration of old film negatives before scanning

[munchkins]

I hope this is the right forum to post my query.

I was just clearing away some stuff in my storeroom and found a shoe box of my old 35mm negatives long forgotten. They were taken probably between 1995 to early 2000.

I did a random scan with my Nikon CoolScan V and found that they came out yellowish. This could be due to the way it was stored which resulted in the deterioration.

I did a Google to see if there are any negative cleaners out there which will help but the results came back with so much information that I'm not sure which route to take.

I'm hoping that the cleaning process will be much easier and shorter since the scanning process takes up alot of time already.

Also, I do not know if any of these chemicals (Photoflow, isopropyl alcohol, PEC, etc) will help.

Hope that some of the bros out there can help enlighten me.

Thanks.

 

[zk-diq]

just use film cleaner will do.

 

[kgston]

I hope this is the right forum to post my query.

I was just clearing away some stuff in my storeroom and found a shoe box of my old 35mm negatives long forgotten. They were taken probably between 1995 to early 2000.

I did a random scan with my Nikon CoolScan V and found that they came out yellowish. This could be due to the way it was stored which resulted in the deterioration.

I did a Google to see if there are any negative cleaners out there which will help but the results came back with so much information that I'm not sure which route to take.

I'm hoping that the cleaning process will be much easier and shorter since the scanning process takes up alot of time already.

Also, I do not know if any of these chemicals (Photoflow, isopropyl alcohol, PEC, etc) will help.

Hope that some of the bros out there can help enlighten me.

Thanks.

You can use a diluted photoflo to clean dust, dirt and perhaps fungus off the base side.. but i don't recommend touching the emulsion, esp when wet, it can get quite soft and you might damage it unintentionally.. If the colour on the slides has shifted, then there is really nothing much you can do about it.. no amount of grease work or chemicals will bring your colours back.. I recommend scanning it straight away to prevent further deterioration. The colours can be corrected via software easily if the colour shift has affected the whole frame. If only a portion of the frame has shifted colour, then it is going to be lots of work behind the monitor..

 

[harky]

sorry how do i use Kodak Photo-flo to clean the film?

 

[kgston]

sorry how do i use Kodak Photo-flo to clean the film?

Dilute it as per instructions, wet it on a microfiber cloth and wipe the base.

 

[shootwide]

Is there any labs in Singapore that does cleaning of negs? Had a frends mum who is asking, I did not see the negs but understand there are some sticky residue on it. And the negs are of sentimental value.