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Author Topic: Anyone having problems with Neutape not sticking? Brad Allen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 688 From: Evansville, IN, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 01-20-2004 01:07 PM                     Anyone else having problems with Neumade Neutape not sticking? This is the clear tape, on clean new prints. What splicing tape do you like?  |  IP: Logged Chris Hipp Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1462 From: Mesquite, Tx (east of Dallas) Registered: Jul 2003 posted 01-20-2004 01:32 PM                     are you using Film-Guard? If there is any on the film under the tape it will jsut slide off. Wipe it off and then try. I've never had any problems with it.  |  IP: Logged Chris Medley Expert Film Handler Posts: 180 From: McKinney, TX, USA Registered: Jan 2004 posted 01-20-2004 01:35 PM                        Used Neumade splicers for four years and I've never had any problems.  |  IP: Logged Dean Kollet Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 591 From: Florida State University Registered: Jul 2003 posted 01-20-2004 02:48 PM                     I've never had problems...I'm guessing if there is some kind of coating on the film it would....like sticking tape on a window that has windex on it...  |  IP: Logged Jeff Taylor Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 601 From: Chatham, NJ/East Hampton, NY Registered: Apr 2000 posted 01-20-2004 03:10 PM                     Sorry to have to agree, but I've never had problems with Neutape.  |  IP: Logged John Walsh Film God Posts: 2490 From: Connecticut, USA, Earth, Milky Way Registered: Oct 1999 posted 01-20-2004 03:48 PM                     Neumade tape is pretty good; I've used it for years without problems. As others have noted, could the film have have something on it? Is it an older print? A few older prints were coated with Scotchguard; You need special tape to stick to that. Maybe you received a bad batch, although it seems unlikely. Can you try tape from someone else, or a roll from a previous batch?  |  IP: Logged Brad Allen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 688 From: Evansville, IN, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 01-20-2004 04:19 PM                     Story of my life, it's just me. No, no filmguard, unless the labs are putting it on. Yeah right. The problem occurs with brand new first run prints. No amount of wiping helps the situation. I'll give Neumade a call. Thanks.  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-20-2004 04:43 PM                     I use the Jack Roe tape sold by (CPI marble etc) that is made in the UK with no problems I have had no luck with the permanence of neumade tape though I find it doesn't adhere all that well especially on used prints  |  IP: Logged Tom Holland Film Handler Posts: 15 From: Hidden Hills, CA, USA Registered: May 2002 posted 01-20-2004 07:56 PM                     Brad, was I glad to read your post! Yes, the last batch of Neumade clear tape I bought wouldn't stick to new or old prints either. I thought I was going crazy. Thinking it was me, I threw the stuff out and ordered some house brand through GTS, which works great. Thank you for validating my mental stability. --Tom.  |  IP: Logged Paul G. Thompson The Weenie Man Posts: 4718 From: Mount Vernon WA USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 01-20-2004 09:24 PM                     I don't use it because I have had problems with it. I think there was a technical bulleton on that stuff several years ago that suggested extra cleaning was necessary on the surface of the film.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 01-21-2004 12:18 AM                     Possible the tape was stored in a hot environment or something along those lines? I've seen tape stored in a hot Texas garage lose it's sticky.  |  IP: Logged

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