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Steve Fincannon
Junior
Posts: 3
From: Paradise, California
Registered: Dec 2010

posted January 30, 2011 03:57 PM

Bought at a garage sale a few reels of home movies with a vinegar syndrome smell. I would like to get rid of the film and use the metal reels and cans. My question is: How to clean the reels and cans so can be used once again?

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John Skujins
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 220
From: Greensboro, NC, USA
Registered: Mar 2009

posted January 30, 2011 04:58 PM

Maybe you shouldn't use those reels and cans to store your films if they caused other films to get VS.

Make sure you store your films in containers that allow air to get in.

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Michael De Angelis
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1261
From: USA
Registered: Jul 2003

posted February 01, 2011 09:31 PM

I would not use or reuse any reels from vinegar film.

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Adrian Winchester
Film God

Posts: 2941
From: Croydon, London, UK
Registered: Aug 2004

posted February 04, 2011 05:58 PM

I don't personally think there's a risk using them again but I can't guarantee it. I'd put them in a fairly strong detergent-type solution, and let them dry off.

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