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Topic: Projection Booth Arts + Crafts: DIY Masking Tape Dispenser
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Jackson Gilman
Film Handler
Posts: 37
From: Madison, WI, USA
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 05-20-2004 10:09 AM
Are you one of those who hates using both hands to peel just a little nib of tape off those rolls of masking tape, just so you can hold a piece of rolling stock together on the shelf, or you need to mark reels, etc? Have you ever asked yourself, "Do they make dispensers for these things?" I'm sure they sell them at Office Depot, but for those who work in a place where your manager won't buy frivolous junk for the booth, here is a little project for ya:
Materials Needed:
-Film Core x1
-A desktop scotch tape dispenser
-Nail File, or other such cutting tool
-Masking tape
Simply cut a film core to the width that will fit on the spindle inside the tape dispenser. Next, put the core on a trailer winder and slowly, with your tape, wind tape around it until it won't fit in the dispenser basin. Viola; you have a masking tape dispenser!
The tape may loose some stickiness so I'm sure it's not good to use to secure tails to reels. I was bored one day, and made this, but it works suprisingly well.
-Jackson
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John Hawkinson
Film God
Posts: 2273
From: Cambridge, MA, USA
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 05-24-2004 06:07 AM
William Hooper writes, "Artists tape has adhesive failure after some time in whatever storage conditions are that rep prints are kept in."
I think your experience is counter to the experience of most here, including myself.
Clearly, for taping down reel ends, the most important criterion is that the tape last. It's not so critical if it leaves some adhesive behind, since its not being projected on-screen (and in many cases doesn't run through the projector). So if masking tape really held better than paper tape, I think most would agree with you.
But my experience is that it does not. While it's hard to evaluate because the set of prints arriving with masking-taped leaders is so small, and there may be other factors, my recollection is that more than half the time at least one reel will be "free" if the print has been masking-taped. Plus, back in the dark ages before we used paper tape, I recall instances where we ourselves applied new masking tape before moving a print from one booth to another, and had it fail.
Furthermore, it seems counterintuitive; assuming the adhesives are equal, one would expect the thicker tape to hold better. Paper tape is thicker than most masking tapes, I believe.
As an aside, recently we had a print arrive that was taped laterally, and then about 2" down the sides under the flanges. While effective, it sure was annoying to remove. Presumably taped that way for shipment on cores from the lab without reels for protection...
--jhawk
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