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Author Topic: Film Lubrication and How to Walk the Fine Line Between Over-/Underdoing It Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 09-12-2009 01:04 PM                        Next thing you know you'll hear about people cleaning the projectors themselves with WD-40 and a lighter.  |  IP: Logged Jonathan Althaus Master Film Handler Posts: 435 From: Bedford, TX Registered: Dec 2008 posted 09-12-2009 01:19 PM                     A slight amount of gasoline works better than WD-40. You get more of a flash bang, cleans it quicker.  |  IP: Logged Victor Liorentas Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 800 From: london ontario canada Registered: May 2009 posted 09-12-2009 02:38 PM                     I love the smell of WD-40 in the morning! That smell,that WD-Smell,the whole booth! Smells like victory! Not!  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-12-2009 04:35 PM                     I thought all modern film was pre-lubricated at the lab and it was supposed to last, pretty much, for the life of the print. (Most prints do not have a very long life anymore.) Except for FilmGuard, the only time I ever lubricate a print is in an emergency situation where the film won't run unless something is done. A) That is a very rare situation. B) When I lube film it is almost always with FilmGuard. C) Since I almost always use FilmGuard, I never even have to worry about lubing the film in the first place. And, since I almost never go out of my way to lube film, my projector stays cleaner in the first place. Literally, all I ever do is use a clean rag to wipe out the projector head and use a paint brush to get the dust out of the nooks and crannies. Again, since I'm using FilmGuard, cleaning projectors is not so much of an issue anymore, either. Answer: Stop lubing film unless it is absolutely necessary to get the film to run. Start using FilmGuard. 1) Film should already be lubed at the lab. 2) FilmGuard will prevent you from needing to lube film, virtually in all situations except for freak occurrences. 3) FilmGuard will make cleaning your projectors a breeze unless you run into that freak occurrence that makes it necessary. (Like scuffed emulsion.)  |  IP: Logged John Hawkinson Film God Posts: 2273 From: Cambridge, MA, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 09-12-2009 04:45 PM                     I started a new thread for the Edge waxing discussion, can we please keep it there? Thanks. --jhawk  |  IP: Logged Karl Borowski Expert Film Handler Posts: 161 From: Sulking in GameFAQ Forum Registered: Sep 2009 posted 09-15-2009 10:00 AM                     Just as an update, it's BSI lubricant and cleaner, a one U.S. pint bottle, from Hollywood Alabama I think the city was. . .  |  IP: Logged

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