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Marc Marti
Film Handler

Posts: 66
From: La Vall d'Uixo (Spain)
Registered: Jun 2005


 - posted November 26, 2014 07:46 PM      Profile for Marc Marti   Email Marc Marti   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Hi!

I've got a super-8 film that was submerged on Vitafilm some years ago, and after the process some parts of it had residues of the magnetic soundtrack over the frames, in form of spots and lines.

What can I do to remove them without damaging the film? They look like heavily adhered to it...

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Marc

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Jose Artiles
Master Film Handler

Posts: 357
From: Spain
Registered: Oct 2005


 - posted November 27, 2014 03:37 PM      Profile for Jose Artiles   Email Jose Artiles   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Good evening Marc,you have a private mail,check it ,please.

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Adrian Winchester
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From: Croydon, London, UK
Registered: Aug 2004


 - posted November 27, 2014 09:55 PM      Profile for Adrian Winchester     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
I've occasionally had this problem with Derann striping that went a bit wrong and left some small deposits in the picture area. It's a very laborious task to locate and remove all such deposits (on the base side) but I had some success by wetting a cotton bud with white spirit and carefully rubbing the deposits until they came off. It's obviously important to be precise and not remove the stripe at the same time!

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Marc Marti
Film Handler

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From: La Vall d'Uixo (Spain)
Registered: Jun 2005


 - posted November 28, 2014 02:04 PM      Profile for Marc Marti   Email Marc Marti   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Thanks for the tip, Adrian!

I'll try it. Is it valid for acetate prints like mine? It's an original kodachrome.

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Adrian Winchester
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From: Croydon, London, UK
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 - posted November 29, 2014 03:39 PM      Profile for Adrian Winchester     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Marc - Although I can't offer any guarantees that it's 100% safe, I'd also do it with acetate film. Obviously avoid wetting the whole film, but if the cotton bud is only temporarily dampening the base side in-between the stripes, I don't think it can do any harm. You can always do a test, ideally on some blank leader.

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