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Author Topic: Cleaning a silver screen Phil Ranucci Expert Film Handler Posts: 236 From: Carpinteria,CA, United States Registered: May 2006 posted 02-12-2015 10:02 PM                     Is there any way to do this properly? Dry/wet/brush/ microfiber? Somebody ( NOT ME) decided to get a MDI silver screen cleaned, and now it has streaks and spots. I'm on the sidelines, but am being asked for advice. Any ideas? Thanks!  |  IP: Logged Sam D. Chavez Film God Posts: 2153 From: Martinez, CA USA Registered: Aug 2003 posted 02-12-2015 10:33 PM                       Damage is done. Learn to love it. You can always try any number of things but at best it won't make it any worse, but most likely will.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 02-13-2015 12:46 AM                     Time for a replacement - just something that should never happen is a silver screen cleaning.  |  IP: Logged Steve Matz Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 672 From: Billings, Montana, USA Registered: Sep 2003 posted 02-13-2015 01:38 AM                      |  IP: Logged Marcel Birgelen Film God Posts: 3357 From: Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands Registered: Feb 2012 posted 02-13-2015 02:00 AM                     While there are plenty of success stories about cleaning a plain white screen, I've only encountered horror stories regarding cleaning silver screens. I doubt there is anything you can do after the damage has been done, besides a complete replacement off course. Once you start rubbing on those things, you're damaging the quite delicate surface. So besides the ever so gentle dusting off, you should try to avoid to touch it whenever possible. And you should get a set of curtains if you have none .  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-13-2015 09:37 AM                     I have never seen any screen white or otherwise that after cleaning was acceptable. The only thing one can ever do is use a screen brush to dust it I would get the company who cleaned it to replace it unless they advised in the small print they were not responsible for damage ( most do) Also publish their name here so others can avoid  |  IP: Logged Phil Ranucci Expert Film Handler Posts: 236 From: Carpinteria,CA, United States Registered: May 2006 posted 02-19-2015 12:01 AM                     Sooooooo.... We're getting a new screen. Same model and manufacturer, MDI. Do we need to re-shoot colors?  |  IP: Logged Carsten Kurz Film God Posts: 4340 From: Cologne, NRW, Germany Registered: Aug 2009 posted 02-19-2015 05:32 AM                     Yes. Probably not right from the start, but you should. - Carsten  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-19-2015 09:06 PM                     You can't clean ANY screen. Really! The screen cleaning guys that went around are the biggest scammers next to the studios! Mark  |  IP: Logged Dave Macaulay Film God Posts: 2321 From: Toronto, Canada Registered: Apr 2001 posted 02-22-2015 06:27 PM                     You can dust a flat (not silver!) screen. IMAX dome (perforated metal) screens can be cleaned but it's an insane process - one person with a vacuum on the rear side while someone wet cleans the front... it takes days and requires a cherry picker (or a LOT of scaffolding!) in the seating area.  |  IP: Logged Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 02-22-2015 10:01 PM                        In a word: DON'T. Total destruction on silver screen. Postponing the eventual on the white screen. NOTHING is better than a new screen. Wasted time and money to clean.  |  IP: Logged

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