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Chad Shumaker
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 110
From: Dover, Ohio USA
Registered: Jan 2011

posted October 24, 2013 09:14 PM

Hello everyone.

Made time tonite to watch (or attempt to watch) a 400' Derann reel. "The Maltese Falcon". Needless to say I was thrilled to get this. I cleaned it upon arrival and got *lots* of rusty ick on the cleaning cloth.

The pattern left on the cloth suggests it's coming from sound stripes. I let the cleaning solution dry. Tonite, I rewound the film, wiping it with a soft cloth as it went. Still got lots of rust.

I played the film and immediately after the opening credits the film started to chatter. I did the usual switch to thread and then back to forward and the film played normal for a second then right back to chatter. Countless attempts at correction yielded nothing.

What gives? Should I clean it again?

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Bryan Chernick
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 654
From: Bothell, WA, USA
Registered: Mar 2010

posted October 24, 2013 10:20 PM

Clean the projectors film path. I use a cotton swab with rubbing alcohol and clean everywhere the film touches. Be careful not to get bits of cotton into the workings of the projector. I then apply a light coat of pure beeswax to the film path and wipe off the excess. I don't put the beeswax on the sound head just because I'm not sure if it will hurt anything. Most of my films are silent so I don't use my sound projector much.

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