Darkroom Portraits (Part 2)

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I guess it depends on the dust and humidity levels in the darkroom. I have no more dust problem with black plastic or cardboard than with a flat-painted surface. I wouldn't use a slick/shiny surface (paint, garbage bag, acrylic) as that kind of defeats the purpose of diminishing refections.

The issue with regular plastic is that it picks up static electricity which is a dust magnet. Cloth similarly tends to pickup dust and hang on to it.

If you live in a humid place, that's not much of an issue, but around here with RH down around 10% in the winter time, it's pretty gnarly.