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Topic: FilmGuard to protect S.8 film
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Luciano Duca
Junior
Posts: 5
From: Rome, Italy
Registered: Aug 2013
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posted August 20, 2013 01:44 PM
Hi to all.
I recently "discovered" the FilmGuard, so I wanted to get some information from those who have experience with this product.
For example, I read that the FilmGuard has these properties: form a slick protective coating on both sides of the film; Wet gate projection qualities (FilmGuarded prints will look as clean as digital video, even after hundreds of runs); a thin coating is created on both sides of the film (thus, the film is in a way "submerged" in liquid and will project to the screen with true "wet gate" qualities).
Now, my question is this:
I'm going to use the FG, using cleaning device Film-O-Clean, mainly for cleaning and protection of my films, and not during the projection (my S.8 projector is not adaptable to the Film-O-Clean).
I have some doubt especially on these 3 point:
1) All the features I mentioned above regarding the application of FG on the film, are exclusively refer during projection of the film, or these properties will remain fully even on films treated with FG and then archived for future use?
That is, if today I clean a S.8 film with the FG and then I put it in the archive, and after a year I project it, I will always have the effect of a projection "wet gate quality", or the protective effect of FG will be gone with the time?
I am particularly interested in the property to have a wet gate projection quality, because I would like to treat all my S.8 films with the FG and then project them with my projector (which can not mount the Film-O-Clean) and also send them to a lab to make them scan and burn to DVD, so I would have a typical video image quality, clean, without vision of scratches and dirt ...
2) To have an optimal degree of protection on the film, how many times should I clean the film with FG?
3) After how much time wears off the protective effect of FG on the film?
Thanks. [I][/I]
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Brad Miller
Administrator
Posts: 525
From: Dallas, TX, USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted September 10, 2013 11:30 PM
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The manufacturer says that if you apply Filmguard by hand you don't get all the benefits. Is that a commercial statment to make you buy a machine or is there a real noticeable diference ?
I am the inventor. I have the pioneer patent awarded by the US government for the first of its kind slow drying cleaner with wet gate projection qualities. There is no other cleaner like it (and with digital taking over, there never will be).
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Is that a commercial statment to make you buy a machine?
Nope. Film-Tech never made a film applicator, nor received any sort of royalties from the companies that have. Only Kelmar made them, and more recently Roy Neil with his Film-O-Clean version for 8mm films. It absolutely is the best way to apply, because it makes it difficult to OVER-apply. However as has been noted by many 8mm collectors, this isn't near the issue with 8mm as it is with 35mm. With 35mm the amount of physical movement to advance each frame in the gate quite literally gets the film skidding PAST the frame advance...which looks like vertical jitter on the screen if the film is "too slick".
Being an 8mm collector, yes you CAN get all of the benefits, but what people tend to do is they apply it FAR too liberally, like you would with normal cleaners (such as trichlourethane based). Remember this formula...
1 ounce is enough to clean over 2 MILES of 35mm film properly.
Now do the math on a mere 400 foot spool of 8mm film. See what I mean when I say a 32oz bottle is going to last an 8mm collector a really, really, really long time? ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
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This is what they say on their site : "What if I don't own any media cleaners? You can still use FilmGuard to effectively eliminate static charges and shedding from your prints! The method in this case is simple. Spray a thick cloth with FilmGuard and then wipe the cloth on the top edge of the print as it is laying on the platter. The ideal procedure is to start the platter spinning (from a makeup table or an obstruction in the centerfeed arm) and wipe slowly from outside edge to the center. There should be a definite "wet" glaze to the print. On this next performance, takeup the film "upside down" from your normal procedure and when the show is over, wipe the other side (now up on the platter) in the same manner as before. (Note: using FilmGuard in this manner will not offer cleaning benefits...only the elimination of static and print shedding.)"
As Matt points out, the website is geared toward 35mm commercial exhibition, and when we initially started giving detailed instructions for film collectors, it was too confusing for the typical multiplex platter guys to understand, so it was dumbed down.
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