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Topic: scratch removal/film lube - furniture polish
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Jon Byler
Film Handler
Posts: 45
From: Auburn, AL, USA
Registered: Sep 2013
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posted September 17, 2013 10:36 PM
Laksmi Breathwaite, in a previous forum post a while back mentioned a film company that used to sell lemon scented furniture polish as a scratch remover. Nobody commented on this further, but I found the idea somewhat interesting.
I just purchased some of Brad's Film Guard cleaner, but am always interested in DIY fixes that you can pick up from the local hardware store or brew up in a bottle at home. I found one of the finest gun cleaners/penetrating oils is a product that you can make yourself from ordinary stuff, and have been on a kick to do the same in other realms.
It seems that these spray furniture cleaners like lemon pledge (I assume that is the one Laksmi was thinking about) might actually work pretty good in this regard - they have a solvent that cleans, and some residual wax that is left behind. In this case, from what he was saying, the wax fills in the scratches rather nicely, and hides them more or less. I imagine it would also lube the film as it goes though the mechanism too.
has anyone else tried this stuff he was mentioning? What are favorite film cleaners/lubes that people use? I'm excited to get the Film Guard, regardless of what else comes up, I think it will do some good to many of my prints, most of which are old cartoons/educational films, with a number of old family movies too.
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