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Ian Price
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Posts: 1714
From: Denver, CO
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 11-05-1999 11:21 PM
One of our monthly duties in a 12 plex I used to work in was to go around and check the screens. At first they gave us a natural fiber brush that we were only supposed to use on the screen. After a year, it was too dirty to use. And before Joe chimes in here to bitch that I never did it monthly; I did scrape a lot of Gummi Bears off the screens. The next thing they gave us was a disposable system with cloths and a pad. The consumer version is now being advertised as the Swipper Sweeper. These pads worked pretty well to get dust off and the occasional Gummi Bear. When things really got bad, (Coke stains and Gummi Bear slime) they brought in a professional. Here is what he did. He had one bucket of soapy water (Ivory Soap) and one bucket of clear water. He had lots of clean white towels. They literally soaped up the screens. Then they rinsed them. Then they dried them. It worked and they didn't streak the screens, which I have seen before. My only advice is to be thorough if you try this. Personally, I never went beyond the Swipper Sweeper stage. Don't try to clean just one part of the screen. It's an all or nothing thing. You don't want a clean, shiny spot in the middle of screen. I am a firm believer in curtains and theatres large enough so that the screens are out of range of Gummi Bears and spit-wads. I once pulled gobs of toilet paper off a screen. At least that didn’t leave a mark. I don’t think I am going to sell Gummi Bears at the next theatre I run I started out at a theatre that allowed smoking. The screens had yellowed with the years. Don’t try cleaning nicotine stained screens with soap and water. You will only streak them. This has not been an issue lately. The last theatre that allowed smoking in Denver became a no-smoking theatre when it twinned in 1989.
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William Hooper
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1879
From: Mobile, AL USA
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 11-06-1999 11:22 AM
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He had one bucket of soapy water (Ivory Soap) and one bucket of clear water.
Probably the reason for the Ivory is that Ivory Snow & Ivory Soap are *just soap*, & contain no detergents. They've long been used in many critical cleaning tasks. Ivory dishwashing liquid is probably a detergent. I couldn't find Ivory Snow clothes detergent last time I needed to do a big screen clean, & wonder if it's still available. I guess I should check the bars of Ivory Soap & if they contain no perfumes, detergents, deodorants, etc., they could be pulverized for the soap solution.
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He had lots of clean white towels. They literally soaped up the screens. Then they rinsed them. Then they dried them.
How'd they keep the soap solution from drying before the rinse, if the the soap solution was applied to the whole screen first (& with a slow method like application with towels)? How big was this screen?
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