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Author Topic: source for 16mm reel bands? Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-24-2013 01:35 PM                        I am looking for about 25 16mm reel bands of the type that Swank uses on their 16mm prints. They are made of thick plastic and have a metal clip that holds them together around the film. These are quite different in construction from standard 35mm paper reel bands, but they serve the same purpose. Who makes/sells these?  |  IP: Logged Robert E. Allen Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1078 From: Checotah, Oklahoma Registered: Jul 2002 posted 09-24-2013 11:59 PM                     Hey Scott: Why don't you ask the guys over at 16mm Film Talk?  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-25-2013 07:18 AM                        Thanks; will do. More information: these bands say "Pro-Tex" on them. Google says that the trademark has not been renewed, but that it was previously owned by Anderson Industries in Cleveland.  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-25-2013 10:23 AM                     up here every one had a painted cloth reel band similar to what the censor board issued for 35mm  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 09-25-2013 01:30 PM                        If you don't mind my asking, and with apologies for veering this potentially off topic, but are these bands to use on prints in regular use or in long-term storage? If the 16mm prints in question are polyester this doesn't really matter, but if they're triacetate then film in long-term storage needs to breathe, or else the build-up of acetic acid vapour between the film pack and the flanges of the reels, and around the edges of the film pack if sealed with a band, can accelerate the vinegar syndrome process and cause the film to decay faster than otherwise. In an ideal world, acetate film elements should be in long term storage on/in an inert polypropylene core/container, and preferably in a vented can and in a vault with good air circulation (to get rid of acetic off-gases) and temperature and humidity control (to keep the rate of deacetylation to a minimum). Obviously, most of us are not in an ideal world, but what struck me here is that putting bands around film elements that are going to be in long-term storage could be making a problem worse. But if they're to protect regularly projected prints in shipping, then no problem.  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-25-2013 05:16 PM                        These are for polyester prints intended for projection.  |  IP: Logged Ed Inman Expert Film Handler Posts: 103 From: Jackson, Mississippi USA Registered: Jul 2004 posted 10-01-2013 01:15 PM                        Scott, I have a slitter that will convert paper 35mm reel bands to 16mm. It cuts right down the middle so the string attachment is unaffected. I can make as many as you need for 25 cents each. Just send me some unwanted 35mm reel bands. Email for more information edinman@earthlink.net  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-02-2013 11:52 AM                        Thanks, Ed. I still want the plastic ones, but I will be in touch if they cannot be located.  |  IP: Logged Gary A. Hoselton Film Handler Posts: 59 From: Portland OR U.S.A. Registered: Nov 2005 posted 10-07-2013 10:57 PM                     Try Steve Newton in Atlanta. He has an amazing range of goodies. sanewton@bellsouth.net  |  IP: Logged

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