Re: [Leica] preservation of photographic materials

[S Dimitrov <sld@earthlink.net>]

I have to keep a fire extinguisher in my darkroom. I became concerned
that if there was a fire and I used purple-K as to what would be the
damage to my materials. I asked the Getty's conservation dept. about it
and never received a concrete answer. They do however have a specialist
there on the grounds that is an expert on fire related damages, which
includes the use of fire fighting agents.
I'm thinking of switching to Halon or CO2, to keep things simple.

Slobodan Dimitrov


Erminia R Quinn wrote:
> 
> Hello again:
> 
> Here are a couple of sources of info on preservation of photographic
> materials:
> 
> http://lcweb.loc.gov/preserv/careothr.html
> 
> and
> 
> http://lcweb.loc.gov/preserv/othresou.html
> 
> Both libraries and museums have been dealing with the nightmare of trying to
> preserve collections for some time now, and many of them are excellant
> sources of info on this issue.  Since the general public increasingly want
> to buy only "archival quality" prints, it might be worth your while to check
> out these sources.  (They're free, ya know.)
> 
> xoxo,
> Erminia
> (former special collections cataloger)