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Old 12th September 2020, 04:09 PM
Nat Polton Nat Polton is offline
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I used to use a Swan Morton disposable scalpel blade. Still sold in proper model making shops today.
The best type for me had a convex cutting edge. The pointed straight edged sort had a tendency to dig in and lift up tufts of the paper fibres.
A gentle scrape with the centre of the curve was all it took. Only on fibre papers though.
My first enlarger was Russian Zenit. Complete with condensers.
As a teenager, printing in my dusty, fluffy bedroom combined with the condenser enlarger, I had lots of practice at spotting.
A completely different topic I know, but I rarely got dust spots when I changed to a diffuser enlarger.

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