From: Richard Knoppow (dickburk@ix.netcom.com)
Date: 03/17/01-04:20:10 PM Z
At 03:39 PM 03/17/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>Sandy,
>
>
>
>> Sounds to me like the slides need to be cleaned. I would not put any kind
>> of lubricant around my dark slides. Have you tried cleaning with a
>> degreaser?
>
>No Sandy, I haven't lubricated with anything but I have cleaned them. Some
>people on th Pure Silver list have suggested "wiping" the edges of the
>slides with a household candle. Seems reasonable to me as I thought perhaps
>bee's wax might do. I did mis-state my original message. The holders are
>wood and plastic, not metal.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Don Bryant
>
Bee's wax tends to be sticky. Candle wax is mostly what is called
Paraffin wax in the US, a hard white wax used mostly for home preserving.
If you haven't cleaned inside the slots on the holder you might try that too.
Most older dark slides are made of hard rubber of a type called Ebonite.
I've run into the same thing with some very old holders, I think its due
to the wood having warped a little.
---- Richard Knoppow Los Angeles,Ca. dickburk@ix.netcom.com
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