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Ernie Zahn
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 540
From: Greenwich, CT, USA
Registered: Oct 2004

posted July 27, 2013 11:32 AM

I found an old bottle of cleaning fluid by Kodak. It must be from at least the mid-80's. Everything expires but my experience in film is that some things have a very very short shelf life or they are still acceptable well after their expiration.

Is this stuff okay to use? I don't want to damage my film if it is too far gone.

Also is there a more household solution for cleaning film? Like salene solution? It would just be nice to pick up something from CVS rather than special order every supply for film handling.

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Allan Broadfield
Master Film Handler

Posts: 452
From: Bromley, Kent
Registered: Nov 2010

posted July 27, 2013 12:33 PM

A lot of info on a site 'film center film and film cleaning'

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Hugh Thompson Scott
Film God

Posts: 3063
From: Gt. Clifton,Cumbria,England
Registered: Jan 2012

posted July 27, 2013 03:31 PM

There is a member on this forum, that makes his own cleaner/lubricant, I have forgotten the chaps name, but his stuff
is just as good as Film renew, and made at a fraction of the price.

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