Haven't printed all summer which is a bit disappointing, but it is fall and time to get back in the darkroom. I almost forgot how much I hate dust. I am lousy at spotting prints so I do everything I can to avoid it. There are two things that made my life much easier. First, I made my darkroom positively pressured. I have my ventilation fan blowing into the darkroom and I have a not-quite-HEPA filter on the outlet of the fan. Basically, I built a frame/plunum to hold the best furnace filter I could find and installed the biggest Panasonic remote bathroom ventilation fan I could find. This makes sure that no dust enters the darkroom while I am printing and keeps the chemical fumes out of the fan.
I also bought a Kinetronics film cleaner that was a repair part for a Fuji Frontier printer. It is a filtered vacuum with soft brush. I think I paid about $65.....well worth it and about 10% of retail.
I also bought a Kinetronics film cleaner that was a repair part for a Fuji Frontier printer. It is a filtered vacuum with soft brush. I think I paid about $65.....well worth it and about 10% of retail.
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