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Topic: Film Guard Application Tips
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Glenn Conatser
Film Handler
Posts: 73
From: Northern California
Registered: Aug 2001
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posted 01-26-2002 01:47 AM
I recently was going through our storage room in the booth and stumbled across a bottle of Film Guard. Apparently the booth manager before me tried and stopped using it because the print would become to greasy and slick. However this is second hand info, so im deducing that to much was applied and they over saturated the print and decided that the stuff didnt work and gave up on it.I have read the info on Film Guard and want to run it on one of my houses and see what it does. Brad you mention putting the tip up to the media and soaking it. How many squirts are usually needed ? If you have any other tips on applying it so i dont over saturate the pads and print would be great. I would also like to order the Film Tech media pads and was wondering what the part number is and if putting it on the REA that UA uses will work ? Thanks
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Brad Miller
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Posts: 17775
From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall)
Registered: May 99
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posted 01-26-2002 02:07 AM
Just saturate the pads as much as they can take. What your previous booth manager probably did was to fail to read the instructions and thought he was supposed to re-soak the pads between every show. So many people are too lazy to read the included instruction sheet this actually has happened a number of times, and yes that will make the print unbelieveably slick re-applying it over and over each show like that. (Once a week is ideal.) If you don't see that double sided instruction sheet with the bottle, email me and I'll send you one. It is very detailed.UA purchases their booth supplies through NCS. I'm not sure what NCS ships out as "default" for UA media, so you might want to call NCS and inquire. 513-242-6801
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Brad Miller
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Posts: 17775
From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall)
Registered: May 99
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posted 01-26-2002 02:48 AM
I have emailed you the instructions.5 cleaners and 10 screens. You've got it pretty good.  - - - - - - - - - - Load new media and saturate pads with FilmGuard
Run cleaner, rewinding media after every show but NOT resoaking) all Fri/Sat/Sun/Mon...your 5 newest movies Load new media and saturate pads (or resoak the existing pads IF they are not too dirty)
Run cleaner, rewinding media after every show (but NOT resoaking) all Tue/Wed/Thu...your 5 oldest movies Now on Monday when you get your bookings and find out which prints you will be dropping that week, don't bother running the cleaner again on those and instead opt to keep the cleaner on for the full 7 days for your newest movies. That will give you the best coating to protect the film from any damage. On those prints there is no need to resoak the pads on Monday. Let them run for the full 7 day cycle with only the initial application of FilmGuard. Also, *some* media pads are long enough to permit cutting them in half, which in essence doubles the amount of rolls you will have in stock. The current Film-Tech pads if cut in half will run for about 3 hours. If the pads are cut into thirds, each third will run for approximately 2 1/4 hours. Note: the make of platter and vintage of cleaner will vary the exact running time. I cannot speak for other manufacturers of media, so if you have other brands you may want to test that out to help save money.
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Brad Miller
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Posts: 17775
From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall)
Registered: May 99
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posted 01-29-2002 11:36 PM
Those little black plastic cores that came with the FilmGuard kit (there should've been 3 in there) are used. First, wind the new media over to 2 of the plastic cores.
Second, use the third plasic core to "rewind" between shows. Check out the "tips" section on "threading 101" for pictures on how to rewind the media. Also, there are basically 4 manufacturers of media for your cleaner. Kelmar, Big Sky, Neumade and Film-Tech. The first 3 come on cardboard cores. Ours come pre-wound onto the plastic cores to save you the hassle.
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