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Topic: Are the film stocks used today more scratch resistant?
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Joerg Polzfusz
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 815
From: Berlin, Germany, Europe, Earth, Solar System
Registered: Apr 2006
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posted March 26, 2008 12:46 PM
Hi,
some thoughts: a) Polyester based stocks are more scratch resistant than acetate based stocks. Many/Most Derann prints are made on polyester based stocks while many/most older prints by Universal8, Ken, ... aren't. b) You can apply a special coating to prevent scratches. Some/Many/All of these coating decay over the time and are easier to scratch. Sometimes only the coating is scratched even though it looks like the film is scratched. You can remove such a coating by cleaning the film. I haven't got a clue who used/uses which coating when. c) Some of the film stocks "dry out". That's why there are products like FilmRenew, Vitafilm, ... . Some of these products claim to remove scratches - and some of these even work d) Scratches happen.
Jörg
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