Cleaning Negs before printing

[Andysnap]

Now I have a few decent negs I thought I would get a couple printed to see the difference between scanned and printed and printed straight from the neg. Trouble is the negs are a bit dusty and a couple have fingerprints (clumsy of me I know) and I was wondering whether ther is a way of cleaning them before printing.

Any ideas?

Cheers

Andy

 

[RaglanSurf]

I think this is the accepted 'go to' cleaner for most folks

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Solutions-Photographic-Emulsion-Cleaner-PS0010/dp/B00009R72R/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1348654928&sr=8-2

They also do wipes as well.

 

[Andysnap]

Thanks Nick, just ordered some.

Andy

 

[Kev M]

I just wipe mine with an Ilford anti-static cloth.

 

[robhooley167]

I use Isopropyl alcohol, it's the main constituent of negative cleaner and it's dirt cheap at £4-5 a litre on the interwebs

 

[wickerman]

I use Isopropyl alcohol, it's the main constituent of negative cleaner and it's dirt cheap at £4-5 a litre on the interwebs

This is what I use. It's what Kodak recommend for cleaning general to modern photographic films and papers that use silver halide emulsions in gelatin to form a silver or dye image.

You need to ensure that it has a purity of 98 percent or higher.

The full details are here : http://www.kodak.com/global/en/consumer/products/techInfo/cis145/cis145.shtml