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Topic: Xecote-How Do You Use It?
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Randy Stankey
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From: Erie, Pennsylvania
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 11-03-2000 10:36 PM
First, if you use Film-Guard DON'T use Xe-Kote. Xe-Kote contains a solvent and Film-Guard contains a certain kind of oil. The solvent removes the oil and undoes all the good that the Film-Guard does.
(That's a simplified explanation, I know)Second, DON'T put Xe-Kote directly on the film. It's not good for polyester film. You'll wreck it! The PROPER way to use Xe-Kote (IMHO) 1) Clean your trap and shoe and intermittent pad shoe. Clean them well. Get ALL the black and purple crusty crap off the rails, etc. 2) If you used something else on your traps. Clean them with alcohol and let them dry. (Use a Q-Tip) I occasionally use alcohol anyway because I'm anal. Just make sure it's all good and clean. 3) Dip your clean Q-Tip in the Xe-Kote and tap it off on the rim of the bottle. You don't want it dripping wet. All you have to do is rub the stuff on your tension bands, your shoe rails and intermittent pad shoes.
That's it. 4) Only put the stuff on the film-bearing surfaces. Don't put it on the aperture plate or on the pad rollers or anywhere else. 5) Use the minimum amount. The stuff contains wax. That wax will collect dirt and junk if you use too much. 6) Do this every day. Xe-Kote doesn't last like Film-Guard does.
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John Walsh
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Posts: 2490
From: Connecticut, USA, Earth, Milky Way
Registered: Oct 1999
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posted 11-03-2000 11:22 PM
Personally, I never saw much use for Xecoat. The old timers I was trained by wouldn't let anyone use it.The only exception I made was when running black and white print stock. Applying it to the gate/trap runners kept that hard white shedding powder away a few weeks longer. But, that was the only use I could find for the stuff, and that was based on experience from a fairly long time ago. I used it for running films; "Zelig", "Broadway Danny Rose" and, "She's Gotta Have It." I would like to get a film(s) like those again and try Film-Guard, to see how it would work. I remember running, "She's Gotta Have It" and after about 4 weeks, it was shedding so badly, that (starting with a clean projector) by the end of the film, the build-up on the gate/trap rails was such that if one side of the ending credits was in focus, the other side was so out that it could not even be read.
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John Pytlak
Film God
Posts: 9987
From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 11-04-2000 11:32 AM
Xe-Kote contains a solvent and a hard wax lubricant. It is useful for cleaning and lubricating the film-contacting surfaces of the gate and rollers. (But be careful to keep it out of bearings). It is a fairly good cleaner for greasy fingerprints or grease pencil marks on film, or for oily dirt. Since the solvent evaporates quickly, it is difficult to clean long lengths of film. You should use Xe-Kote with good ventilation, and wear chemically resistant gloves to protect your skin from irritation. Do NOT throw it in the trash or dump it down the drain --- either use it as intended, or discard it in an environmentally sound manner.  ------------------
John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist
Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging
Eastman Kodak Company
Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7419
Rochester, New York, 14650-1922 USA
Tel: 716-477-5325 Fax: 716-722-7243
E-Mail: john.pytlak@kodak.com
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