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Author Topic: Film-Guard and 8mm Dave Bird Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 777 From: Perth, Ontario, Canada Registered: Jun 2000 posted 01-16-2004 09:00 PM                        Just found some of dad's old 8mm that I thought was long lost. And they look great, however some have some sort of mold or mildew growth on them, visible especially in some lighter scenes, it looks like dark "snowflakes". Anyone know what this might be, and if cleaning with FG would help? It's only ever for a minute or two, and not on the entire strip. I'm wondering if dad used different types of films, as it always disappears after a splice.......Thanks.  |  IP: Logged Gilbert Travin Expert Film Handler Posts: 101 From: Villeurbanne / France Registered: Jan 2004 posted 01-19-2004 03:02 AM                        Hi Dave I have also super 8 films processed 1968-1970 (Kodachrome II and Agfacolor) with dark spots looking as black snow flakes. I think that the quality of processing was not very good at that time .... I have also a strange phenomena with a 9.5 mm reel of an "edition" film : the acetate seems to break up giving a white powder (like talc) ; of course, it is impossible to run the film in any projector : the perforations are stopped by this powder which returns always even after having cleaned film . Bizarre ???  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 01-19-2004 03:40 AM                        Cleaning with FilmGuard will probably help to loosen up the mold deposits, Dave. Be careful that the film doesn't get scratched by chunks of mold that come loose though.  |  IP: Logged Dennis Atkinson Expert Film Handler Posts: 129 From: Birch Run Michigan Registered: Feb 2000 posted 01-19-2004 05:23 AM                        It may be a fungus eating the emulsion / dye. A common problem in warmer climates. If it is a fungus, Film-Guard won't help. Dennis  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 01-19-2004 07:27 AM                        From the Kodak website: Emulsion Deterioration Film Storage  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 01-20-2004 01:25 AM                        There have been various other threads around the storage and care of film collections in homes; a search should throw some of them up pretty easily...  |  IP: Logged

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