Restoration

Infrared dust removal is unreliable on Kodachrome. Here’s why, and how to clean a whole box of Kodachrome scans without retouching each one.

The archive-scale workflow for 1,000 or more slides — sleeve-level cleaning, scanner choice, batch scanning pacing, and a specialist dust step that cleans the whole archive overnight while preserving grain.

The complete 2026 guide to restoring old photographs — from scanning and dust removal through color recovery, tear repair, and sensible AI. Honest routes for prints, negatives, and slides.

A practical walk-through for removing dust spots from scanned color and black-and-white negatives — why negative dust behaves differently from slide dust, and how to clean it in batch.

What to do when your scanner has no infrared channel: batch dust removal on any film, including silver B&W and Kodachrome where infrared can’t help, and a practical workflow for repairing scratches by hand.