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Author Topic: Platter Covers Brent Otte Film Handler Posts: 15 Registered: May 2001 posted 08-03-2002 10:40 PM                     I am looking into getting some platter covers for my 14 screen projection booth. I am running all SPECO platters. Does anyone have any input on which brand is the best? I just have a few pre-requisites it must be anti-static, and most importantly ... WATER RESISTANT!!! What are some good sources on purchasing these?  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 08-04-2002 02:27 AM                        Some sheets of aluminum foil taped together into platter-sized sheets should do the trick in your leaky booth!  |  IP: Logged Ken Layton Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1452 From: Olympia, Wash. USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 08-04-2002 12:14 PM                     I take it then that the roof is already leaking? Or did the fire dept. insist on putting sprinkler heads directly over the platter decks?  |  IP: Logged Brent Otte Film Handler Posts: 15 Registered: May 2001 posted 08-04-2002 04:53 PM                     Yes, there are leaks in the roof from our Air Conditioners. And yes, the fire Department did Insist on a spinkler head over each unit. The tin foil sounds like a good idea, however, I would like something more professional.  |  IP: Logged Ken Layton Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1452 From: Olympia, Wash. USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 08-04-2002 06:12 PM                     The fire dept. must have been worried about that flammable nitrate film laying there on that big 'lazy Susan'.  |  IP: Logged Bernard Tonks Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 619 From: Cranleigh, Surrey, England Registered: Apr 2001 posted 08-04-2002 06:25 PM                     Joe's tin foil is a good idea. Emergency Foil Blankets should be ideal and more than large enough to fit a platter. RS (Radio Spares UK) in their Health & Safety First Aid section supply strong aluminium sheets for body protection which fold easily. A pack of two foil blankets would cost only about $10. Sheets measure 51 x 80 inches. You will find them if you search http://rswww.com  |  IP: Logged Ky Boyd Hey I'm #23 Posts: 314 From: Santa Rosa, CA, USA Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-04-2002 09:23 PM                       SPECO makes a good platter cover...you can get them from Scott Hicks at American Cinema Equipment in Portland, OR.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 08-04-2002 09:24 PM                     For your purposes, a drop cloth would be the perfect solution. Just make sure to find a real thick one, and not the super cheap "use once and throw away" kind.  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-04-2002 09:45 PM                     THere used to be reel good ones here made for famous players out of an thick anti static vynyl like barbque covers  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 08-04-2002 11:54 PM                     I was on the phone with my psychic and she thinks that the guy who runs Film-Tech Digital might invent the perfect platter blanket if enough people hollered. Yes? No? Maybe?  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 08-05-2002 12:25 AM                     It's already out Manny. It's called FilmGuard. Several theaters have had roof leaks on FilmGuarded prints with no adverse effects. Likewise, theaters that run their prints "dry" were able to liberally apply FilmGuard to the edges of a print that got wet also without any adverse effects.  |  IP: Logged

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