Re: Dust in Darkroom!

Steve Holzworth (sch@unx.sas.com)
Fri, 26 May 1995 15:49:27 -0400 (EDT)

>
> Could you share your tips on minimizing dust in the darkroom? It is so
> frustrating to have dust spots on the otherwise perfect negatives.
>

One of the less expensive methods is to run positive pressure in the
darkroom as is done in "clean rooms". Blow air into the darkroom through
a quality HEPA air filter, preferably maintaining enough volume to
keep the room pressurized. This will tend to keep dust from drifting in.
Also, place a quality filter on the HVAC ducts (if any) into the darkroom.
A large percentage of the dust is blown in through there. You may have to
rebalance the air system to compensate for the increased resistance.
Lastly, vacuum often. A large portion of the "dust" in homes/elsewhere is
from dead cells shedding off of humans...

-- 
Steve Holzworth
sch@unx.sas.com                    "Do not attribute to poor spelling
SAS Institute   x6872               That which is actually poor typing..."
SAS/Macintosh Development Team                            - me
Cary, N.C.