Cat hair on negatives

[HowardDvorin]

I am quite sure that nobody cares BUT my cats are black and white!

[Leigh B]

My darkroom is always closed, and the air going in is filtered, so no problem although I have several cats.

If I ever had to choose between, the photography would go.

- Leigh

[Leigh B]

Get a rat... That will keep the cat occupied and out of the darkroom...

... briefly

- Leigh

[RattyMouse]

The responses in this thread are hilarious.

The shower idea seems like it would work.

[Gerald C Koch]

Have you tried brushing your cats twice a week? This will cut down on the amount of shedding and the cats usually enjoy this.

[MattKing]

Have you tried brushing your cats twice a week? This will cut down on the amount of shedding and the cats usually enjoy this.

And they are, after all, in charge.

[winger]

One of the tricks is to close the door to the shower and turn on the shower HOT for a minute or so. Then shut it off, hang your film in the shower stall with curtain closed and door closed. If you can, close the AC vent also. It takes a while to dry but moisture in the air takes down the dust and possibly cat hair also.

+1
I have 4 dogs (two are quite fluffy - shepherd mixes) and this works. It also gives me fairly flat/straight negs (less curl). Luckily, we have three full bathrooms and one stall shower goes completely unused except for film drying.

[Bill Burk]

... briefly

- Leigh

Good one!

I have a used Spiratone film dryer, the kind with a vinyl zipper bag that hangs six feet down under a drying unit with racks... Previous owner had a cat... Ask me how I know.

[polyglot]

I feel your pain.

I built a film-drying cabinet, which solves the problem entirely. Think of a wooden box about 1.2m high (room for 120 film but not 220 or 135 without cutting rolls) and just big enough to fit a fan in the top. Car-engine air-filter below the fan, films hung up below that and accessible via a front door, vent holes in the bottom, door sealed with rubber strips. Air blows slowly downwards through the filter, past the film and out. Not a speck of dust or hair on the film ever since I built that.

[bdial]

Lots of good suggestions here.

Edward weston had cats, they must be good for photography.