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Re: Old negatives stuck together



Many thanks for the advice, Walter! But how does one tell whether the emulsions
or the nitrate substrates are stuck?

Best wishes,

> Thomas Berry, Archivist
> Historical Construction Equipment Association
> 16623 Liberty Hi Road
> Bowling Green, Ohio 43402
> 419-352-5616
>  tberry@wcnet.org

Gray, Walter wrote:

> Tom and all:
>
> Assuming the negatives are otherwise on good condition, and the emulsions are
> stuck together (rather than deteriorating nitrate substrates being stuck
> together), the negs may be safely soaked apart in a tray of water at about 70
> degrees with a little Photo Flo mixed into it.  Don't try to rush the process:
> it might take a day or two.  Within 12 hours you should see evidence of the
> solution penetrating between the negatives and softening the adhesion between
> them.  If this isn't apparent, something else has caused them to stick and
> they are probably inseparable.
>
> Walt Gray
>
> > We've made the sad discovery of two otherwise very nice 8x10 black-and-white
> negatives from the mid-1930's that are firmly stuck together - not just at the
> edges, but in the images themselves. Can anyone offer ideas for separating
> them?
> >
> > Thank you in advance for an help offered.
>

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