my profile | my password | search | faq & rules | forum home

» Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE   » Operations   » Film Handlers' Forum   » coke in the screen

Author Topic: coke in the screen Angel Hultzsch Film Handler Posts: 16 From: Caracas, Miranda, Venezuela Registered: Nov 2001 posted 05-22-2004 10:19 PM                    Hi everyone, im having a problem here with a screen, some stu... guy of the audience has throw a coke in the middle of the screen, the reason: he don´t have two seat together, how i can clean it because all the film looks very bad in this screen, ill appreciate your help. Bye  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-22-2004 10:51 PM                     Is it a plain "matte white" screen? A simple sheet of white vinyl or something that does NOT have any coatings or rough, sandy surface? Most theaters have matte screens. If so, use plain water and a clean white cloth. Dip the cloth in the water and wipe. Keep dipping and wiping until the Coke is gone. Once you have the area as clean as you can get another clean cloth, dip it and wring it out until it's almost dry. You'll notice that when you wipe, you probably make a "clean spot". All screens get dirty over time. At least the dirt is uniformly distributed. The idea of using the almost dry cloth is to "Feather" the edges of the clean spot. Rub the edges out from the center of the spot so that the border between clean spot and the rest of the screen fades away. Dry the screen with an unwet cloth. Don't forget the back of the screen. The Coke will have gone through the perforations. You might want to do the back first, even. Shine the projector on the screen and see if you need to repeat the cleaning. The truth is that it's best to have the whole screen cleaned professionally but if you get the stain quicly before it has a chance to dry and you work carefully you'll probably be able to get good results.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-23-2004 12:38 AM                        The key word there, learned from bitter experience, is to WIPE, not SCRUB. The idea is to remove the Coke, but not the screen surface. The lighter the touch, the better.  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 05-23-2004 05:33 AM                        I would even go one step further. Dab, not wipe. Take a wet soft towel and press it lightly on the screen, roll it across the sticky spot.  |  IP: Logged Angel Hultzsch Film Handler Posts: 16 From: Caracas, Miranda, Venezuela Registered: Nov 2001 posted 05-23-2004 07:47 AM                    Thanks all for the recommendations, yes Randy it is a matte screen, ill try to clean it today, i write you later with the results  |  IP: Logged Dean Kollet Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 591 From: Florida State University Registered: Jul 2003 posted 05-23-2004 09:15 AM                     please tell me he was throw out  |  IP: Logged Evans A Criswell Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1579 From: Huntsville, AL, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 05-23-2004 09:46 PM                        If that person threw Coke on the screen, he should be required to pay the cost of a professional screen cleaning or replacement.  |  IP: Logged William Hooper Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1879 From: Mobile, AL USA Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-24-2004 02:09 AM                        I'd go farther than just feathering the cleaned area, & wash the whole screen. Make sure to just use water, & if soap is absolutely required, only powdered Ivory soap (which is non-detergent). Maintaining a 'wet edge' when cleaning to avoid creating a mottled appearance is *much* easier if you start at one corner, work down a 'row', then start at the top again, etc. You can't maintain a wet edge when washing it if you start in the middle & work to one side then the other.  |  IP: Logged Benjamin J. Kepner Film Handler Posts: 15 From: Muskegon, MI, USA Registered: May 2002 posted 05-24-2004 01:55 PM                     Worst I've seen was when we had some jacka** throw a bottle of Jack Daniels THROUGH one of our screens. Never caught him either. Fortunately we were able to get the screen replaced within a reasonable time frame.  |  IP: Logged

All times are Central (GMT -6:00)

Printer-friendly view of this topic

Hop To: Select a Forum: Category: Operations -------------------- Digital Cinema Forum Film Handlers' Forum Large Format Forum Ground Level Feature Info, Trailer Attachments & REAL Credit Offsets Category: Community -------------------- Film-Yak Film Handlers' Movie Reviews The Afterlife Bob Maar's Joke-A-Thon Category: Classified -------------------- Equipment and Supplies Wanted/For Sale Help Wanted/Seeking Employment Category: System -------------------- Software Beta Testing Forum

The Film-Tech Forums are designed for various members related to the cinema industry to express their opinions, viewpoints and testimonials on various products, services and events based upon speculation, personal knowledge and factual information through use, therefore all views represented here allow no liability upon the publishers of this web site and the owners of said views assume no liability for any ill will resulting from these postings. The posts made here are for educational as well as entertainment purposes and as such anyone viewing this portion of the website must accept these views as statements of the author of that opinion and agrees to release the authors from any and all liability.