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David Tavares jr.
Junior
Posts: 17
From: Somerset , MA,USA
Registered: Oct 2010

posted December 09, 2010 05:33 PM

just recieved a cheap cartoon film for my son on ebay, seller e-mailed me, this will be to your 100% satisfaction and will be treated w/ filmguard, now my question, films 800 ft. it looks warped and loose on reel almost looks like someone left it out in sun and does filmguard smell like WD40. haven't ran it yet till i talk to the real filmgods. David

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Pasquale DAlessio
Film God

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From: Bristol,RI, USA
Registered: May 2010

posted December 09, 2010 08:21 PM

Filmguard does NOT smell like WD40. It has a smell all its own.

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David Tavares jr.
Junior
Posts: 17
From: Somerset , MA,USA
Registered: Oct 2010

posted December 10, 2010 06:47 PM

Pasquale, thanks for the help this film i got smells like someone spayed wd40 on it, i ended up running film it ran pretty good, wiped film down when i rewinded it. will order a bottle of filmguard. thanks again David.

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Michael O'Regan
Film God

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From: Essex, UK
Registered: Oct 2007

posted December 11, 2010 02:12 AM

David,

My experience is that Filmguard on a print can have a similar smell to WD40.

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Douglas Meltzer
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From: New York, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted December 11, 2010 09:07 AM

Those olfactory organs are pretty subjective!

David, I'm glad the film ran well.

Doug

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Roy Neil
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 203
From: Menlo Park, CA
Registered: Sep 2007

posted December 11, 2010 10:29 AM

Im with Michael on this one.

To me it smells identical to WD-40, I have even discussed this with Brad out of curiosity.

I can state unequivocally that FilmGuard is definitely NOT made from WD-40, and if anyone uses WD-40 on a film I will 'guarantee' I will never purchase that print from them [Smile]

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Michael O'Regan
Film God

Posts: 3085
From: Essex, UK
Registered: Oct 2007

posted December 11, 2010 12:45 PM

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I can state unequivocally that FilmGuard is definitely NOT made from WD-40, and if anyone uses WD-40 on a film I will 'guarantee' I will never purchase that print from them

I agree.

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