[LargeFormat] Removing black spots from prints

[Wilkes, Don MSER:EX]

> I have air piped (air compressor w. filter on line, not 
> canned air) to my

What sort of filter, Vince?  It actually wouldn't be hard for me to run a
line from the garage to the darkroom.  Are they [hideously] expensive?

>(I have a jig that holds the flap ready to 
> receive the slide end),

Now that's a *great* idea! Sounds like a job for a couple of pieces of scrap
mat board.


> All kidding aside I've not  corrected mine
> since they were inconsequential and since I started using the 

Unfortunately, these are not inconsequential.  Judging from their shape, I
think they may be some sort of lint, possibly from whatever shirt I was
wearing. They're like tiny threads, which is going to make them a real bear
to spot.


> I've no shots with that problem.  But I think that it would be hard to
> bleach an area that small without overflow into the other areas and

You're right, of course.  Just my luck to be in Yosemite with no clouds to
hide such imperfections  for four days in a row!


Cheers,
\donw