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Author Topic: FilmGuard: how to clean two prints with one Kelmar Cleaner? Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 09-07-2003 06:14 PM                        Brad, I am suing you for your explanation, even though it makes perfect sense to me. Perhaps Chris is confused because he doesn't get why it would use more media if 2 prints were spliced together rather than threaded seperately. What Chris is not taking into account is that the media is rewound after each print. I think that right there is the reason for the confusion. If the media is not rewound, then it really wouldn't make a difference. But I would be hesitant to do that on two 2 hour features. The media is being chopped in half anyway by the user, and you do get more media used effectively that way.  |  IP: Logged Jack Ondracek Film God Posts: 2348 From: Port Orchard, WA, USA Registered: Oct 2002 posted 09-08-2003 01:38 PM                        Brad's explanation stands on its own. You don't have a case, Joe! The platter comparison may have been confusing, but anyone who looks carefully at the takeup core on a kelmar cleaner should see that, because the core is turning at a constant speed, the media is pulled off of feed core faster as the takeup diameter increases. I never asked about this, but I've wondered if the increasing media exposure applies more Filmguard to the end of the film pack than the start...  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 09-08-2003 04:09 PM                     The answer would be yes.  |  IP: Logged Chris Hipp Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1462 From: Mesquite, Tx (east of Dallas) Registered: Jul 2003 posted 09-08-2003 06:07 PM                     Yeah, DUH! I don't know if this is a question or a comment, but I had a dirty print that I made up a cleaner for with FG. For some reason or another the cleaner didnt get put on for a couple of days. When I put it on, it seemed to clean up the dirt much better than when I use a cleaner when the FG was jsut applied. I would say it got off about 60 percent of the dirt on the first pass. Also, I noticed very little streaking on screen. In short, it did a lot better than normal.  |  IP: Logged

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