Posts: 1628
From: Savage, MN, USA
Registered: Jun 2003
posted May 22, 2018 09:06 AM
I have a question for anyone does anybody know where to get adhesive for gluing sound-strip on and does anybody know the dimensions for 8mm sound and super 8 sound tape? I have an opportunity to buy a sound stripper for adding tape to films but need some info and is the tape readily available?. thanks
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Posts: 4486
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jun 2013
posted May 22, 2018 09:52 AM
FFR in Germany sells magnetic stripe but I'm not sure they sell the spools as they ask you to send your own. Is it for you to get 3 euros discount or is it because they are out of stock with spools ? http://www.ffr-film.de/index.php?page=band&language=eng
Posts: 1006
From: West Midlands United Kingdom
Registered: Aug 2011
posted May 22, 2018 11:14 AM
The main stripe is .8mm wide, balance stripe is .4mm. The glue is based on acetone,(nail varnish remover). 2 parts acetone and 1 part dioxin, this is for acetate based film and Agfa f5 base stripe.
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From: New Zealand
Registered: Feb 2006
posted May 23, 2018 04:04 AM
Paul
I did my own striping with a Rexette years ago and the stripe is still good today as when I applied it back in the 70s, however I gave the film a good clean twice over, in particular on the edge where the stripe was to go. I always understood that getting the film cleaned was a must for the stripe to take.
Can you recommend a cleaner for doing that task as I cant remember what I used It might also be something that Jim who started this topic might want to consider doing as well.
Posts: 1006
From: West Midlands United Kingdom
Registered: Aug 2011
posted May 23, 2018 06:45 AM
Hi Graham, isopropyl alcohol I believe is used with a lint free cloth, to remove any waxing or lube on the film. Its important a task as the striping if you don't want loops of unglued stripe, plus the tensioning of both to get an even bonding, getting the glue and tape is the easy bit. Try to acclimatise both film and tape before you start, as they expand and contract at different rates, 24 hrs at least.
Posts: 7016
From: Long Island, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003
posted May 23, 2018 03:37 PM
An old friend of mine used to do his own striping, and he cleaned his films in unleaded gasoline! (He called it "Petrol", of course!)
(This seems a little bit radical to me!)
The whole process sounded like kind of an art. As a matter of fact when I needed something striped, he said in honor of our friendship he wouldn't do the job, but checked EVTs work when they were done.
-and that, friends, is how two of my films wound up being projected in England!
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