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Author Topic: Do you Filmguard your test loops? Frank Dubrois Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 896 From: Cleveland, OH Registered: Mar 2005 posted 10-01-2006 11:45 AM                    I was just curious if this is common practice, and if it is, how often do you do it? I noticed one of mine getting kind of scratched up and considered running a film cleaner on it, but I wasn't sure how long it should be run, or how often.  |  IP: Logged Kevin Raisler Film Handler Posts: 52 From: Warsaw, IN, USA Registered: Jun 2003 posted 10-01-2006 04:34 PM                    I coat mine using a light spray of FG on a micro-cloth after I tape my loop together. Make sure that you store your loops inside a container so they don't gather dust when your not using them.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 10-01-2006 05:23 PM                     Unless you have a system of rollers to keep the loop from dragging all over the floor and the side of the projector, only very minimally FG them if you want some extra scratch and embossing protection. Remember that loop runs over and over every few seconds and will be dragged across lots of dirty surfaces, so less is definitely better in this regard. Then every time you run the loop, start the projector motor and take a dry soft cloth (or media) and run it through your fingers sort of like a makeshift cleaner for one pass to help get off the loose "handling" dirt that you just put on it when you threaded the machine. No need to keep running it through something wet with FG.  |  IP: Logged Charles Greenlee Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 801 From: Savannah, Ga, U.S. Registered: Jun 2006 posted 10-02-2006 11:23 AM                        You know, I never even thought about that. I only have test loops made from trailer peices, so nothing special or irreplacable. But even I was at the Wynnsong, we had a Doly tone loop, and I never thought of using FG, or C-lube then, on any of my test loops.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 10-02-2006 03:27 PM                     C-lube, eh? Nice to know you support the criminals at CPI, Charles.  |  IP: Logged Bruce McGee Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1776 From: Asheville, NC USA... Nowhere in Particular. Registered: Aug 1999 posted 10-02-2006 07:42 PM                     My theatre aquired a SECOND Kelmar film cleaner while I was sick, so now, all of my films are FG'd. I've always FG'd my test loops, and before that, I used Vitafilm on my old 'Jiffy' test film in 16mm, which is still in fine shape.  |  IP: Logged Jack Ondracek Film God Posts: 2348 From: Port Orchard, WA, USA Registered: Oct 2002 posted 10-02-2006 09:56 PM                        Never gave it a second thought... FG on the loops seemed an obvious thing to do.  |  IP: Logged Tony L. Hernandez Expert Film Handler Posts: 158 From: Windsor, CO, USA Registered: Dec 2005 posted 10-02-2006 10:26 PM                     .  |  IP: Logged Charles Greenlee Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 801 From: Savannah, Ga, U.S. Registered: Jun 2006 posted 10-04-2006 12:06 PM                        No Brad, Carmike supported them. We already had the product in our booth, so why not use it. At the Regal here, I use FG. Both work, but FG I don't have to shake up every time I use it, it works well, and I like the taste.  |  IP: Logged

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