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Author Topic: Silver screen's life Giorgio Volpi Film Handler Posts: 51 From: Caracas - Venezuela Registered: Mar 2002 posted 10-28-2013 01:23 PM                     Hi, what is your experience about silver screen's life? Did anybody try to clean this screen type? How? Regards, Giorgio.  |  IP: Logged Carsten Kurz Film God Posts: 4340 From: Cologne, NRW, Germany Registered: Aug 2009 posted 10-28-2013 02:35 PM                     DON'T - TOUCH - IT !! ;-) How long it lasts depends on your conditions. Audience access/distance, heating/HVAC systems, changes in temperature, etc. The surface of silverscreens is a delicate structure. Technically you wouldn't even call it 'surface'. If you have a curtain, I would leave that closed always during non-show times. - Carsten  |  IP: Logged Jack Ondracek Film God Posts: 2348 From: Port Orchard, WA, USA Registered: Oct 2002 posted 10-30-2013 04:04 AM                        Good observation about HVAC. We once had an indoor that had all its return ducting located behind the screens. You can imagine what the surface of the screens looked like, after years of having at least part of the HVAC return air being pulled through them.  |  IP: Logged Stephen Furley Film God Posts: 3059 From: Coulsdon, Croydon, England Registered: May 2002 posted 10-30-2013 05:12 AM                     with care you can just about remove loose dust with a very soft brush, but that's about it; trying to remove fingerprints, or anything else, will almost certainly ruin the screen.  |  IP: Logged Giorgio Volpi Film Handler Posts: 51 From: Caracas - Venezuela Registered: Mar 2002 posted 10-30-2013 12:53 PM                     Thanks guys! What about his life, comparing with the white one too? I have a silver screen that was washed ... Washing can reduce the polarity capability too? Can't it? Have a great day!  |  IP: Logged Carsten Kurz Film God Posts: 4340 From: Cologne, NRW, Germany Registered: Aug 2009 posted 10-30-2013 01:41 PM                     Any mechanical impact on the surface will reduce polarisation. You should make it clear to anyone with a chance coming close to the screen that under no circumstance ever someone should touch, clean, etc. it without asking you in advance. - Carsten  |  IP: Logged

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