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Posted by Heyward Garner (Member # 722) on 06-22-2001, 02:00 AM:
Ok, just to clarify... I have heard many a different viewpoint of wet and dry media, and when they should be first run on a new print, and how they can badly damage film, etc. The instructions enclosed with all Film Gaurd states that the best time to FIRST clean a print is on thursday nights, when they are being screened for the first time. I haven't stuck to that for several reasons. First off, our city manager chewed me out royally for running a cleaner on a 2 day old print of Mummy. This was almost like a cultre shock to me. So I consulted my best source here, who told me that at the VERY least, I should wait five days to give the print emulsion time to harden up some. It's my understanding that running a cleaner (especially one with fresh pads) will do NOTHING to interfere with this process, if anything I would much rather go ahead and protect the print from the get-go. My booth has such a bad problem with particle buildup that I really dread skipping a projector when rotating my cleaners. I cannot make proper rotations due to my city manager's office being right down the hall. If he were to see me cleaning anything less than two weeks old (his conception of when films should first be cleaned) he would have my head. I am trying to get some solind information here, so I can know exactly what I need to do, or anything I can do to help clear this situation and set things straight. If I really do need to wait five days minimum, then ok. I am just checking.
Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 06-22-2001, 02:28 AM:
I've been doing it for well over 10 years on the virgin runs and have yet to ever have a scratch. His logic makes perfect sense when running the cleaners dry, but that is pretty much thrown out the window when the pads are wet.
Posted by John Pytlak (Member # 331) on 06-22-2001, 06:06 AM:
Actually, proper lubrication helps reduce projector abrasion of a freshly processed "green" print. ------------------
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