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Lee Mannering
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From: The Projection Box
Registered: Nov 2006

posted June 04, 2014 10:29 AM

Having enjoyed immensely the discovery of Silicone Lubricant at Aldi and carried out experiments with it firstly on one green guide on a GS1200 to see how long it lasts, also if it affected projection in anyway. You have to be cautious obviously as over application could probably make its way to the sound capstan causing warble but I was happy with this stuff and it helps offer up a little more protection to our valued films some of which are irreplaceable.

I wound up stripping all the green guides out to get a clear view on this machine which is a simple job and squirted some yackum (Silicon Lube) on a cotton cloth. I fed the cloth right into the guide groves and you can see as you go when the Silicon has made contact. This particular lube is a fairly quick dryer but I chose to leave the guides out over night to make sure they were 100% dry, I didn’t want to risk any transfer to other areas of the projector or worst still a film with unknown consequences.

After reassembly I’m really impressed with the result and you can feel a real smoothness or gleam to the now quite old plastic guides. Of particular interest is that top green feed chute so I will probably do that a little more than the rest which show little wear.
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Zechariah Sporre
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Ladysmith, WI U.S.A.
Registered: Dec 2010

posted June 06, 2014 10:11 AM

I also use silicone spray on my projectors and I agree it works great and makes the film glide through the machine. I used to work at a cabinet shop and we would spray down our tables saws, planers, etc and it would make a huge difference with sliding panels across. That's where I got the idea to use it on my projectors.

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Roger Shunk
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Phoenix, AZ
Registered: Nov 2011

posted June 07, 2014 08:38 AM

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