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Barrie Didham
Film Handler

Posts: 67
From: Dunedin,New Zealand
Registered: Sep 2009

posted October 04, 2009 12:27 AM

I seem to come across afew films that need some tender loving care,but over the last few years im finding more covered in Silicone,this makes it almost impossible to edit damaged prints.

How do i remove it and why am i seeing this more and more with the films i collect,is there are good reason for why they use it on the films?

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John Whittle
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 791
From: Northridge, CA USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted October 05, 2009 10:40 AM

This is next to impossible, if not impossible to remove. The coating was popular for films loaded into continous carts.

You can try cleaning the very edge where you're trying to splice with denatured alcohol but I wouldn't hold much hope for tape splicing. You should be able to cement splice acetate and ultrasonic splice estar.

John

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Eberhard Nuffer
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 141
From: Stuttgart, Germany
Registered: Jul 2005

posted October 06, 2009 04:28 AM

Barrie,

as very old and dry prints (mostly on b/w stock?) tend not to run on ELMO projectors especially, some collectors treat the films with silicone. I have never done this by myself, but some friends of me have.

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Antoine Orsero
Master Film Handler

Posts: 374
From: marseille france
Registered: Jun 2003

posted October 06, 2009 08:00 AM

To clean my films and to make them less noisy more flexible, with projection and to avoid the tremors in the projectors, I use the lubricant with silicone for a long time! Without danger to films and cleaning is very effective!

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