> > <snip> A mist of hairspray is
> > sprayed into the air and then the negative is "waved" through the
> > hairspray.
> 
> As a conservator, I would STRONGLY advise not using hair spray on any
> photographic negative material if it is the original and/or one of a kind.
> 
> Rod
Rod - I think you worry to much.  I would not use hairspray on a
historic negative (cultural property) but, as a working photographer,
would not hesitate for one second to use it on a contemporary negative
of my own, originals included.  I suspect that cleaning the negative
would be far more traumatic to the emulsion than the hairspray.
--greg schmitz
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