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Posted by Josh Jones (Member # 447) on 10-19-2002, 11:32 AM:

Check it out.

Josh

Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 10-19-2002, 03:29 PM:

Now that we've established the reels are "dishwasher safe," I wonder if they are safe for microwave use?

Posted by Steve Kraus (Member # 476) on 10-20-2002, 02:02 AM:

That reminds me of Marge Simpson cleaning the toilet seats before company visited.

(No, the metal insert at the hub would render them NOT microwave safe.)

Posted by Jon Miller (Member # 163) on 10-20-2002, 02:03 AM:

The metal spindle keyways on reels like Josh's may spark up a little light show in a nuke. (EDIT: Steve beat me to the punch as I orignally wrote this).

Might not be a problem, though, with the infamous, fly-apart shipping reels now currently used in the US of A.

Posted by Paul G. Thompson (Member # 655) on 10-20-2002, 02:09 AM:

Josh, I am surprised your Mom lets you get away with that....But if I recall correctly, we had some parts of a Simplex E-7 we were rebuilding in the dishwasher, too.

You have one Super Mom!!!!

Posted by Jon Miller (Member # 163) on 10-20-2002, 02:12 AM:

Hey Paul,

I'm curious...which parts from an E-7?

--Jon

Posted by Paul G. Thompson (Member # 655) on 10-20-2002, 02:13 AM:

Jon, I'll let Josh tell you that...

Posted by Jon Miller (Member # 163) on 10-20-2002, 02:20 AM:

I'd imagine the gloss-painted housing from an early-production E-7, such as the one I'm hiding behind in my picture, would shine up nicely in a dishwasher.

The later model crinkle-finish versions, on the other hand...

After such a "load", I'd have to run the machine empty, with detergent, for two cycles before chancing a load of dishware. I don't think old Simplex oil works too well on dishes.

Posted by Josh Jones (Member # 447) on 10-20-2002, 02:32 AM:

Doors, Shutter blades, panels, it all went in there. came out nice and clean too

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 10-20-2002, 10:06 AM:

Hey, thats why there are grease goobers in the bottom! Look really closely at the bottom of the dishwasher..........Josh, better get to it before your mom does.........all that stuff in the basement might end up in the garage.
Mark

Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 10-20-2002, 10:13 AM:

Opps, forgot to post the goobers.........

Posted by Josh Jones (Member # 447) on 10-22-2002, 09:11 PM:

Actually, I think that is chilli or coffee or something. This pic was taken before the dishwasher ran its cycle.

Josh

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Posted by John Schulien (Member # 215) on 10-23-2002, 01:28 PM:

That's exactly how I clean and degrease projector parts!

The dishwasher is also an excellent way to clean a rock collection.

- John

Posted by John Pytlak (Member # 331) on 10-23-2002, 02:28 PM:

I've heard of dishwashers being used to clean PTRs --- warm water only, little detergent, rinse agent, and no heater.

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Posted by Daryl C. W. O'Shea (Member # 1303) on 10-23-2002, 05:06 PM:

John, would using rinse aid (like JetDry) while 'dishwashing' PTR's keep specs of dirt off your film?

Posted by Paul G. Thompson (Member # 655) on 10-23-2002, 05:42 PM:

Along time ago, I had to rebuild a greasy old Simplex E-7. That thing was so scroungy that a rat would probably walk away from it.

I took it to an automatic transmission repair facility where I knew the owner quite well. Their "Dishwasher" ran a water temperature at close to boiling, and the soap was definately industrial strenth, similar to undiluted AP-10.

I want to tell you - it definately took the grease off. It took something else off, also.

The paint!

Posted by John Pytlak (Member # 331) on 10-24-2002, 09:51 AM:

A rinse aid helps prevent water spotting (mineral deposits).

Posted by Scott Norwood (Member # 30) on 10-24-2002, 01:59 PM:

John -- isn't that what "Photo-Flo" does?

Posted by Joe Beres (Member # 678) on 10-24-2002, 02:24 PM:

Scott, I think it does.

Does that mean I can take Jet Dry into the darkroom?

Posted by John Pytlak (Member # 331) on 10-24-2002, 02:36 PM:

Yes. Photo Flo and rinse aids like "Jet Dry" are surfactants that lower the surface tension of the rinse water, so it doesn't water spot.

Posted by Heyward Garner (Member # 722) on 10-28-2002, 02:58 AM:

Josh, I gotta know...

Do you realize how lucky you are? There has only been a handfull of occasions where we recieved films on such reels. We always get the gray, cheap, BROKEN plastic SOBs... And of course, TES reels come with everything