Just wondering what people use to remove dust from negatives?
I try to keep my studio space clean, but it seems like dust is one of those inevitable things.
Should I use canned air? camel hair brush? anti static wipes? something else?
Currently just using a rocket blower before scanning but I know there has to be something better out there.
I assume the dust is just sitting gently on the surface of the negative rather than being stuck to the negative from bad drying. If that's the case, a blast of compressed air from an air compressor is an effective way to clean it away. I shy away from anything that would actually touch the negative.
Canned air isn't, in my opinion, strong enough to do anything A good long shot on both sides from the air compressor after the film is loaded in the negative carrier does wonders.