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Author Topic: Film Tech Media Pads plastic coupling cores Rene Ferron Film Handler Posts: 52 From: New Brunswick, Canada Registered: Feb 2008 posted 09-20-2008 04:57 PM                     Hi Everyone, I would like to ask if someone could help me here. I ordered some Film-Tech Media Pads but the core are not the plastic ones but cardboard and they are not so easy to "rewind". I would like to ask if anyone would have some plastic cores that i could have. I would of course pay for shipping. Thx VM. PS: Brad are those cardboard core the replacement for plastic ones ?  |  IP: Logged Mike Olpin Chop Chop! Posts: 1852 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Jan 2002 posted 09-20-2008 05:47 PM                     Sounds like your supplier may have swindled you. I'd reject the product and demand authentic Film-Tech products. The real ones have plastic cores with the logo etched into them. Other brands have been shown to cause film damage.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 09-20-2008 06:08 PM                     Your dealer substituted a cheaper product on you. They deserve to be "outed" here. We have NEVER manufactured media pads on cardboard cores.  |  IP: Logged Rene Ferron Film Handler Posts: 52 From: New Brunswick, Canada Registered: Feb 2008 posted 09-20-2008 07:05 PM                     Would it be possible to get the name of a Canadian Reseller ? Edit: Well after looking at your Product page and reading your reseller/suppliers list, i can see that the company that i bought those from is there in that list. Before i do some bashing on this supplier i will contact them on Monday and ask for some explanation on this.  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 09-20-2008 10:13 PM                     Genuine Film-Tech media (and Film-Guard) will come in a sealed box with the Film-Tech logo. You will need to cut that seal to open the box. If you don't see the Film-Tech logo on the outside of the box, don't bother opening it. Steve  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 09-21-2008 01:51 AM                     quote: Rene Ferron Before i do some bashing on this supplier i will contact them on Monday and ask for some explanation on this Yeah... then we can bash them, but good!  |  IP: Logged John Koutsoumis Master Film Handler Posts: 261 From: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Registered: Aug 2003 posted 09-21-2008 03:06 AM                     I had asked my supplier for Film-Tech media pads but got the White Kelmar ones instead. They seem to be fine. I use the coupling cores that come with the bottle of Filmguard to wind the media onto. I have quite a collection now and it just takes a few seconds. Not sure who supplies the actual Film-Tech ones around here.  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 09-21-2008 04:16 AM                     The Australian supplier is: Intech Pacific in Castle Hill, NSW. Call Spiro on (02) 9894 4388 and he'll make sure you get the real ones.  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 09-21-2008 10:02 AM                     There is nothing wrong with Kelmar White media. I think the issue here is if one orders a brand-specific product, they should be delivered that product and not have it passed along as something different. It would be one thing to order Film-Tech and then be offered Kelmar so the customer still has the say in what they are purchasing. However, it is another thing to merely supply something different. Steve  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 09-21-2008 10:46 AM                        The Kelmar pads scare the crap out of me. They are so friggin' dry and abrasive even after just 2 days of being saturated with Filmguard. They aren't cut straight, either.  |  IP: Logged Alan Gouger Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 501 From: Bradenton, FL, USA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 09-21-2008 10:52 AM                        I also have a bag of the kelmar White media ( came with the machine, bought 2nd hand ) I use the cardboard inner sleeve for the take up on the cleaning machine. Ive bought nothing but FT ever sense. Q: If you do not have the cardboard sleeve what does everyone use on the take up?  |  IP: Logged Galen Murphy-Fahlgren Master Film Handler Posts: 405 From: Canton, MI, USA Registered: Oct 2007 posted 09-21-2008 11:58 AM                     I vastly prefer FT over Kelmar, but on the rare occasion when I had to use Kelmar, I found it easier to mount the pad on the cleaner and powerwind it onto a FT core. This was accomplished by taping a FT core onto some kind of attachment on a cordless drill and just winding it onto the take up core. I'll have to see if I have pictures, since that was in my old booth and I don't think I have a drill in my new one. It really saves time if you want to have the media on the coupling type core, for easy rewind and that type of stuff.  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 09-21-2008 09:44 PM                     Like this?  |  IP: Logged Galen Murphy-Fahlgren Master Film Handler Posts: 405 From: Canton, MI, USA Registered: Oct 2007 posted 09-22-2008 12:59 AM                     Almost exactly like that, except I invented it, so I get the glory. That person was probably spying on me through a time machine, since I didn't invent it until about 2 weeks after that video was posted.  |  IP: Logged John Koutsoumis Master Film Handler Posts: 261 From: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Registered: Aug 2003 posted 09-22-2008 02:44 AM                     I guess with the ordering it was my fault as I did not confirm whether they stock the FilmTech ones or not. I knew I was going to get the Kelmar ones and thats what I was charged for.  |  IP: Logged

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