8mm Forum: DO YOU NEED TO TAPE THE FILM ON THE REEL?

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Posted by Laksmi Breathwaite (Member # 2320) on June 03, 2011, 09:16 PM:

Do you need to always tape the film on the reel. Sometimes it is to tight and may cause scratchs? Or the glue on the tape can cause some goo on the film or machine . So what do you all think tape the film on the reel or leave it loose?

Posted by Adrian Winchester (Member # 248) on June 03, 2011, 09:34 PM:

Personally, I think there's no great incentive to do it unless:
a) You are transporting the film somewhere, which seems to cause loosening of the film around the edge, or
b) If all the reels of a feature are together in one box, which can result in a tangled mass of leaders.

Posted by Pasquale DAlessio (Member # 2052) on June 03, 2011, 10:44 PM:

I tape the header with paper tape that has a light adhesive. It doesn't leave any residue on the film at all. I never tape the tail of a film. Sometimes if the header in not taped it ends up sticking out of the box depending if it's stored verticaly or horizontaly. [Wink]

Posted by Brad Kimball (Member # 5) on June 03, 2011, 11:07 PM:

I've always wondered why the vendors always put masking tape on the film in the carton when it was going to be shrink-wrapped anyway and there was no risk of it buckling in the box. In addition, film care manuals always advised against using masking or scotch tape on film products for the very reason that you have pointed out, Laksmi.

Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on June 03, 2011, 11:39 PM:

I've seen the first number of wraps on a roll that was not secured in some fashion (such as tape) unravel and over time buckle and warp.

You can always tape it to the outer edge of the reel (folding the tape over the edge so any adhesive only touches the OUTER edge of the reel. It is often what I do.

Posted by Antonio Costa Mota (Member # 221) on June 05, 2011, 01:56 PM:

What about Plastic Clips. They are not very efficient but at least they do not leave any sticky ends.

Posted by Oscar Iniesta (Member # 1731) on June 05, 2011, 05:14 PM:

Reading your message, I found I have the same problem, because I don´t like tape glue. You can use that super 8 plastic pieces for reels, but I find them not vey good to keep the film tigh. So I have remember the way some 35mm films are "locked". They have a paper strip, with a "button" and a cord. I am not able to explain this with my english, so if someone can help me to show it to Laksmi...

Posted by Steve Klare (Member # 12) on June 08, 2011, 12:55 PM:

I'm kind of phobic about this stuff because once a very tiny bit of it became wedged inside one of my machines and put a green gouge in a really nice print I'd just gotten.

Unfortunately this also put one of my favorite machines on the injured list until I figured out what happened and then proved it to myself. It was not a happy couple of days...(-aren't hobbies supposed to relieve stress?)

When I get a film with a taped leader now, it's almost as if they packed it with half a pound of plutonium!

Posted by Jim Dintino (Member # 2333) on June 09, 2011, 07:37 AM:

There's nothing I love more than finding dried up 15 year old masking tape gumming up a film I just received from ebay. I do use low tack ph neutral medical tape with the end folded on itself as a pull-tab.

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