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Author Topic: Whats wrong with the first 3ft of my film print? Joe Cornick Film Handler Posts: 6 From: Sussex, United Kingdom Registered: Dec 2018 posted 03-22-2019 06:21 AM                     On about the first outer 3ft of film print from 2000, there’s blotches where the emulsion has gone and the print feels sticky? How can I clean this, any advice?  |  IP: Logged Jim Cassedy Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1661 From: San Francisco, CA Registered: Dec 2006 posted 03-22-2019 10:23 AM                     Just curious: What type of print is it? (Eastmancolor? IB Technicolor?) I recently came across this in an IB Tech print of OKLAHOMA!, where one entire reel had the emulsion either flaking off or and/or sticky and was totally useless/destroyed. The other reels were very slightly 'tacky' to the touch, but were runnable, albeit with great caution. The print will most likely have to be trashed soon. I cant say for sure what happened with your print, but knowing the history of this OKLAHOMA! print I was handling, I'm pretty certain the damage was caused by storage in an overly humid/damp location. Last year I inspected a similarly damaged IB print of "Mary Poppins" (1964)  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 03-22-2019 10:31 AM                     Upload a photo, but it's likely blocking damage from being too tightly wound and stored in a humid environment. Polyester prints can't handle humidity as well as acetate prints can. Here is an example of what happens  |  IP: Logged Martin McCaffery Film God Posts: 2481 From: Montgomery, AL Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-22-2019 10:32 AM                        Does it smell like vinegar? If not, sounds like water damage.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-28-2019 10:36 AM                     Polyestar doesn't go vinnegar. The thing that happens here in humid areas is the geletan swells and expands and then cracks because it's the only thing on the film that can absorb very much water. I had a reproitory print come in to a theater this way back about 2009ish. Mark  |  IP: Logged

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