RE: [APML] Warped slides, what can I do?

["Bill Beeman" <bbeeman@beemangroup.com>]

Chris,

I've had poor luck recovering warped mounts.  However, it should be possible
to crack open the warped mounts and salvage the film.

I still think the best mount is taped glass (now I'm really showing that I'm
a dinosaur), but the Gepe brand mounts work well and should be readily
available from any good sized supply house.

You will want to look for anti-Newton ring glass and registration pins in
the mounts, and there are many other brands out there that will work, so I
don't think that this is beyond salvage.  If you don't have a local supplier
I've had good luck with Freestyle in LA and BH in New York, although you'd
have to pay for premium shipping that will be more than the cost of the
mounts.

Good luck.

Bill

> -----Original Message-----
> From: astro-photo-bounces@seds.org
> [mailto:astro-photo-bounces@seds.org]On Behalf Of Chris Schur
> Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 7:05 PM
> To: APML
> Subject: [APML] Warped slides, what can I do?
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> besides not going back to express photo again for cheap slides, what can I
> do in the next few days to flatten slides in plastic mounts that are
> commercial and cannot be pried open because they are riveted by heat
> together?  What happened is they didnt put any cardboard around the slides
> in the slide pages, and just put in a regular yellow envelope!
> Oh man, some
> are pretty twisted...
>
> The fate of my RTMC talk lies in your hands!
>
> Chris
>
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