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Author Topic: cleaning old 35mm print Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 11-18-2019 07:15 AM                        Christopher reports that he doesn't have access to a film processor, or any other lab or archival equipment or services: just a media pad cleaner of the sort that were used in release print distribution exchange depots and some better-equipped projection booths.  |  IP: Logged Christopher Woollard Film Handler Posts: 40 From: Dovercourt, Harwich, England Registered: May 2004 posted 11-18-2019 12:33 PM                     The lab route is just too expensive. Has anyone actually successfully cleaned an entire film (not just a few feet) with Perc or any other solvent? If so, how. I fear applying chemical with saturated Kelmar tapes would leave the print wet with a possibly nasty chemical, I have never tried to do this in the past myself. We have no print drying cabinets  |  IP: Logged Jesse Crooks Film Handler Posts: 22 From: Doylestown, PA, United States Registered: Mar 2016 posted 11-19-2019 01:13 PM                    For anything besides Film Guard, you should make sure the cleaning fluid evaporates from the surface before the film is spooled onto the reel. It should evaporate quickly enough that you can wind it at a reasonable pace while cleaning it.  |  IP: Logged

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