januaryman
"Flim? You want flim?"
With the arrival of my New Nikon scanner, I tried a few old old negatives, Tri-X, and found the glassine sleeves they'd been stored in wrecked them badly, with scratches everywhere.
I vaguely recall when I was doing my own darkroom duties, that rubbing the negative against oily skin (nose/forehead) on the film base would reduce the scratches when printing. I assume that would also be true for scanning. Does anyone recall this fact or fable? If so, do you rub the emulsion side or shiny side?
I vaguely recall when I was doing my own darkroom duties, that rubbing the negative against oily skin (nose/forehead) on the film base would reduce the scratches when printing. I assume that would also be true for scanning. Does anyone recall this fact or fable? If so, do you rub the emulsion side or shiny side?
nikon_sam
Shooter of Film...
I've heard those tales too...you would want to apply anything to the side that has the scratches...
Edwal also makes a product called "No Scratch" that works very well...apply with a fine brush and then clean it off after your done...
Edwal also makes a product called "No Scratch" that works very well...apply with a fine brush and then clean it off after your done...
januaryman
"Flim? You want flim?"
Thanks. That helps. I'll try it with "nose oil" first and it that fails, I'll try Edwal. Thanks for the fast answer!
sienarot
Well-known
"nose oil" goes on the base side, not the emulsion. The idea behind it is that it defuses/disperses the light where the scratches are so it won't show up during print. I would think it works for scanning, but you'll have to confirm 
sanmich
Veteran
I used vaseline/white parafin (very small qties) rubbed on the back side of the film and it works great.
It fills the scratch with something with aproximately the same refraction coef than the film base and so the light goes through ok.
for scratches in the gelatin, you're doomed...
It fills the scratch with something with aproximately the same refraction coef than the film base and so the light goes through ok.
for scratches in the gelatin, you're doomed...
januaryman
"Flim? You want flim?"
Thanks for all the great answers. Now I can't get that awful phrase "nose oil" outta my brain.
f/stopblues
photo loner
Same fix works for lightly scratched cd's by the way
spyder2000
Dim Bulb
Actually it was called "nose grease" back in the day.
dmr
Registered Abuser
I got a commercial no-scratch solution at the surviving real camera shop in the area.
It's really meant for optical printing with an enlarger, but it does work for scanning too.
It's really meant for optical printing with an enlarger, but it does work for scanning too.
januaryman
"Flim? You want flim?"
Nose Grease? That doesn't help. Maybe even sounds worse.
Anyway, I tried it and had some success. I see I need to clean my old negs first, so I have an order in for PEC-12 and some PEC pads. AND some Edwals, since the nose is kinda dry and more grease free these days.
payasam
a.k.a. Mukul Dube
For when the scanning is done, there's the free program Polaroid Dust and Scratch Removal.
HuubL
hunter-gatherer
Noses are funny places to wander around. You could easily get lost there. Make sure you obtain the stuff from the correct location.
januaryman
"Flim? You want flim?"
A useful filter, however in the photos I'm rescanning, the subject wears a veil, the filter ruins the fabric and turns the photo to a gray mush. But otherwise, Polaroid is a great filter.
januaryman
"Flim? You want flim?"
See? THIS is why a company like Edwal's can remain in business!
andrealed
Established
Same on Andreas Feininger's manual, but he clearly says to use it just for printing and then gently rubbing it off with, if I remember well, "toluene".