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Steve Guttag
We forgot the crackers Gromit!!!

Posts: 12814
From: Annapolis, MD
Registered: Dec 1999

posted 11-11-1999 06:03 PM

>>"Funny you should mention the edgewax idea. I've received numerous calls
from people to "let me know" about simply polishing the edges of a print
with FilmGuard. This is of course how a water damaged print can be
attacked. As you know, if one tries to unwind a print that has had, say
a roof leak on it during a storm, there will be a real mess. However, if
FilmGuard is sprayed onto a folded up thick paper towel (a lint free
type), and wiped on the edges, it can penetrate into the roll enough to
do the job so the film can be unwound without damage and then recleaned
fully with FilmGuard. I've personally done this about 10 times over the
last few years and it has worked perfectly every time. So of course, the
calls were no real surprise."<<

What are you saying? The water leaked into the film storage cabinets?....Oh wait, you probably mean that your film was stored on those platter thingys and let the water just drip its way right on the film ;-)

(couldn't resist).

On edgewave...I haven't found it on platter films after just one show but after running the same print for over a month...one or both edges seem to get wavy...only ever had that problem on reels if the magazines are not aligned.

RE: TPM...nope never found the Changeover between R2-R3 that tough or exciting...I have found that when one realizes that they are part of the mechanical part of the show, the act of making the changeover has one focused in just the upper right corner (and the booth monitor) and paying no attention the action on the screen. The "giddy" feeling on changeovers should die away with time...kinda like clutching on a manual transmission (exciting at first, natural after a while).

Steve

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Brad Miller
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Posts: 17775
From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall)
Registered: May 99

posted 11-11-1999 08:18 PM

Edgeweave on platters in my experience come only from two things.

#1 there is at least one misaligned roller in the chain...or
#2 the film is being wound emulsion in/soundtrack down.

Other than those two exceptions, I've never had it...even on my record run of 9 months/6 shows a day without the slightest speck of dirt or mark of any sort (SPECO platter, by the way)

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