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Author Topic: Picclear - how does it work? Christian Appelt Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 505 From: Frankfurt, Germany Registered: Dec 2001 posted 01-02-2005 06:28 PM                     Look at that eBay auction with a very strange piece of equipment. How is this supposed to work - is this complete or just a part of the original device? Picclear I know that Bauer had an attachment called "Klarfilm-Einrichtung" ("Clear Film Device") in the 1950s, some kind of wet gate projection device to make base scratches on prints invisible. Never saw one, not even a picture of it.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-02-2005 08:09 PM                     That is just the feed hopper for the applicator pad unit. That unit drip feeds the pad applicator that the film passes through. Pic Clear was the best way to turn a dull day at the TV studios into a very cherful day because the stuff made you higher than a kite in no time flat . Its fumes were incredibly powerful If you had a leak it was almost ideal to evacuate the entire film chain area of the station. Mark  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 01-02-2005 08:35 PM                  I'm really surprised someone actually bought that...especially since there is no applicator. Just goes to confirm that ya can sell anything on eBay. From another FT thread: quote: Below are some pics of my 3rd TP-66, "parts machine", that has the "PICLEAR" horseshit. Note the damage to the paint from chemicals that dribbled out of the "applicator". Yeah! “Better living through chemistry”!  |  IP: Logged

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