They make a cleaner for film, and at the moment the name of it escapes me. I know I've seen it at Adorama.... maybe someone else knows the name of it? If slides are handled properly the only thing that you should need to do is blow a bit of air to remove dust before scanning.... Finger prints and stains? Eeekkk.....that sounds awful....

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