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Tyler Skinner
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 115
From: Pa
Registered: Nov 1999

posted 12-03-1999 09:24 PM

My tech recomends this for cleaning the gate of guck, is it safe on the film? What do you recomend?

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Brad Miller
Administrator

Posts: 17775
From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall)
Registered: May 99

posted 12-03-1999 10:02 PM

I've no idea what you're talking about there, but I do recommend "LPS1 Super Cleaner/Degreaser" for cleaning purposes. Of course, finding this isn't as easy as waltzing into Wal-Mart. Generally you must go to a decent hardware store. A can is around $15 but should last several months to a year. I'm still on my can that's probably 3 years old now, but I run FilmGuard on EVERY print so cleaning isn't really an issue.

You can call LPS directly at 800-241-8334 and they will tell you who sells it in your area. Make sure you specify "Super Cleaner/Degreaser" when you go to buy it, as LPS have many different products (and all of the spray cans are almost identical in appearance).

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John Wilson
Film God

Posts: 5438
From: Sydney, Australia.
Registered: Dec 1999

posted 12-03-1999 10:47 PM

Or if you can't get to the store, a lick (not literally) of saliva will take care of even the most stubborn stains, I mean gunk.

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Rick Long
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 759
From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Registered: Nov 1999

posted 12-04-1999 01:07 PM

Please don't lick your gates. It is not only obscene, but that build-up is probably not good for your health. Besides, the gate could snap shut on your tounge, causing the paramedics to injure themselves, laughing.

If using a spray degreaser, please remember to protect the back element of your projection lens(es).

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Brad Miller
Administrator

Posts: 17775
From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall)
Registered: May 99

posted 12-04-1999 04:18 PM

Oops. Thanks Rick! A VERY important bit of info I inadvertantly left out above...

ALWAYS spray the degreaser on a shop towel or rag and THEN wipe your projector clean. This is ESPECIALLY important for the sound drum, as your bearings will freeze.

Yet another one of those little booth rules like not bringing a toothbrush anywhere near a running projector.

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Gordon McLeod
Film God

Posts: 9532
From: Toronto Ontario Canada
Registered: Jun 99

posted 12-04-1999 06:28 PM

Even more inportant than not bringing a toothbrush near a running projector is not to bring a rag near one

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John Wilson
Film God

Posts: 5438
From: Sydney, Australia.
Registered: Dec 1999

posted 12-06-1999 05:15 AM

...and never, ever lick your gates while the projector is running either. WE'VE GOT A BLEEDER!!!!
(Sado-masacists, please ignore)

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Wallace Logan
Film Handler

Posts: 26
From: Ottawa Ontario Canada
Registered: Nov 1999

posted 12-06-1999 07:11 AM

John your wright it is always avalible, cheap
and it does the job.
If the dirt is harder to get off a copper penny works well to.

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Jim Bedford
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 597
From: Telluride, CO, USA (733 mi. WNW of Rockwall, TX but it seems much, much longer)
Registered: Jun 99

posted 12-06-1999 01:32 PM

That "don't bring a rag near a running projector" should have been tatooed on B*ff's arm. In the Nugget booth last month, he moved too fast and got the rag caught in the moving shutter (why he had the shutter cover off, no one knows) but luckily there's a shear pin on the Brenkert intermittent. Unluckily, it takes an hour and a half to replace it. B*ff did that all for free.......

If it were up to me, nothing should ever come close to an operating projector, not even a projectionist. Everything should have been properly set up before starting the damn thing up in the first place.

I swipe my gates and spring steels with a dab of Ecco 1500 on a rag. It usually gets 100% of the smegma that's collected there. Be careful tho, it doesn't like some plastics. It also gets sticky or dry masking tape and a huge number of other things off film.

Does anyone have anything good or bad to say about Ecco 1500? Have you tried it with vermouth and an olive?

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Rick Long
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 759
From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Registered: Nov 1999

posted 12-07-1999 05:48 PM

With a little vodka, shaken - not stirred.

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Gordon McLeod
Film God

Posts: 9532
From: Toronto Ontario Canada
Registered: Jun 99

posted 12-07-1999 05:57 PM

Actually should the line be shaken not stirred with a twist (Doctor No)

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