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Author Topic: Cleaning Plastic Keepers/Rollers Edward Jurich Master Film Handler Posts: 305 From: Las Vegas USA Registered: Jul 2003 posted 09-29-2004 09:49 AM                     quote: Mark Gulbrandsen You want tape delay.... I'll give you tape delay Don't laugh, when I worked for CBS in Chicago, the FM did a midnight talk show running a tape delay between two Ampex 440's. Then while we (engineers) were on strike, the office girls now running the equipment ran the tape delay with the feed machine at 7.5 IPS and the takeup machine at 15 IPS, tape threaded through both pinch rollers. Those of you who know what this means will know how it sounded And for really hard caked on dirt, I use WD40 to get the dirt off then clean with simple green or the like and rinse with clean water. WD40 does a nice job of cutting through hard dirt but then you need to clean the WD40 off.  |  IP: Logged Steve Scott Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1300 From: Minneapolis, MN Registered: Sep 2000 posted 09-29-2004 10:26 AM                     Rubbing alcohol & elbow grease works best for me. Try using a shop towel, like the ones that come in rolls from Scott or Brawny, I can do nearly a whole hallway of 8 platters with just one  |  IP: Logged Dominic Espinosa Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1172 From: California, U.S.A. Registered: Jan 2004 posted 09-29-2004 11:30 AM                     Isopropyl and cotton swabs over here. There's a jug of mean green in or booth, but it's been there since I started at this place so I have no idea what they were using it for if at all. Once a week each platter gets a thorough cleaning with cotton swab and alchohol, brushing out anywhere the swab can't do it's swabin' action. We don't keep WD-40...Our tech would probably hog tie us if there was WD-40 up there for use on equipment.  |  IP: Logged Frank Angel Film God Posts: 5305 From: Brooklyn NY USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 09-29-2004 01:34 PM                        I've discovered that some plastics seem to discolor just by exposure to air and light. We have a number of different pieces of equipment made primarily of white plastic that start off pure white but in only a few years, wind up with the plastic taking on various shades of yellow. Seems that bright light exposure (especially sunlight) does a real number on some types of plastic. I've got some Hess truck toys that we keep near a window and they yellowed very badly only on the side that faces the window. Also, some plastics seem to stain pretty easily and once stained, the stain seems to be quite permanent. Rather than fret over it and try a dozen types of cleaners that might actually harm the plastic, I just make sure there is no apparant foreign matter on the roller by cleaning it with isopropyl alcohol and then I consider it as clean as it's going to get if the surface is smooth, inspite of any embedded stains.  |  IP: Logged Samuel Hynds Film Handler Posts: 50 From: Riverside, CA, USA Registered: Aug 2004 posted 09-30-2004 08:22 AM                     In the past I've used a foam type of tube/basin cleaner. Spray on the roller - wait about 30 seconds - then wipe off.  |  IP: Logged

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