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Author Topic: Between show cleanup Ian Bailey Master Film Handler Posts: 317 From: Nambucca Heads, Australia Registered: Jun 2003 posted 01-25-2004 04:54 AM                     We use cheap carpet sweepers(can't seem to buy a good one)to pick up popcorn,lollies etc.Has anyone found an easier way or know of industrial quality sweepers etc that do a good job.  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 01-25-2004 05:01 AM                        Parlour brooms are where it's at!  |  IP: Logged Ian Bailey Master Film Handler Posts: 317 From: Nambucca Heads, Australia Registered: Jun 2003 posted 01-25-2004 05:15 AM                     Daryl in OZ a Parlour is a place you go to buy -sorry for being Broom Deficient but what is a Parlor Broom?What does it look like?My auditoriums are carpeted is a P-B suitable?  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 01-25-2004 05:29 AM                        Yeah, don't you think they might need to sweep their floors once in a while? Think those stupid little straw brooms they use at McDonald's. Now think four times the area of the straw area and a full size handle to boot. For carpet, a warehouse broom works better than a parlour broom. Same thing, just with stiffer straw and slightly bigger.  |  IP: Logged Bill Enos Film God Posts: 2081 From: Richmond, Virginia, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 01-25-2004 09:19 AM                     We tried an "industrial" carpet sweeper about a year ago. Cost around $175. It picked up pretty well but it wasn't made any better than the cheap one that can be had at Walmart & K-Mart. We kept it a week and returned it. Recently at Walmart at 2am I saw them using an upright vacuum that was quiet enough to use during shows. I asked the user how well it worked, He said it didn't suck enough to bother with and it was only 3 days old and set for the correct carpet height. I guess a vacuum has to be noisy to work well.  |  IP: Logged Travis Hubrig Expert Film Handler Posts: 175 From: Minot ND, USA Registered: May 2003 posted 01-25-2004 11:51 AM                     We use 'Hoky' Brand sweepers, seem to work good, but you need to keep them clean inside and we do replace them from time to time. I believe the model is power-rotor 3000 http://www.hoky.com/3000.htm I have also seen other things used as well, before we started using Hoky, we would sweep with brooms. I have even heard of people using snow shovels, but I would try that without anyone around, it probably looks pretty silly!  |  IP: Logged Ian Price Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1714 From: Denver, CO Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-25-2004 12:03 PM                     We use Rubbermaid carpet sweepers. If we get 6-months out of one, we count ourselves lucky. Whatever, we just go out and order a new one from our janitorial supplier. Right now we have a situation where the schedule was written to maximize the show times. As a result we have only about 15-minutes between shows, they all get out and start around the same time. It's busier than ever and we are in total scramble mode.  |  IP: Logged Andrew McCrea Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 645 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Registered: Nov 2000 posted 01-25-2004 08:17 PM                        SilverCity Polo Park (14) here had a HUGE carpet sweeper that they used frequently when the megaplex first opened. I haven't seen it used recently at all... it had a handle like on a lawn mower (horizontal rod you hold, supported both the left and right sides), it was mechanical and did a great job. When I went out for a refill while the shows were running... They were cleaning the runway with it (which was littered with tons of corn), they'd run over a big batch and then it was spotless right after.  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 01-26-2004 01:04 AM                        quote: have even heard of people using snow shovels, but I would try that without anyone around, it probably looks pretty silly! There's been a few theatres I've run where we used snow shovels, but not until after we used the leaf blower. Sure it kicked up a bit of dust, but totally cleaning a 500 seat theatre in under 30 minutes after 2000 people have been through it that day sure as heck beats out any other method. The ol' leaf blower isn't to shabby at cleaning screens either. Good for after you've kicked up all that dust.  |  IP: Logged John Scott Master Film Handler Posts: 252 From: Oakdale, MN, USA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 01-26-2004 10:01 AM                     I have no problems using leaf blowers in an auditorium so long as you have curtains for your screens. Otherwise you are just going to dirty your screen and potentially damage it. I think the extra 5 minutes to clean the auditorium properly without the blowers justifies not using the blowers in the long run.  |  IP: Logged Jeff Taylor Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 601 From: Chatham, NJ/East Hampton, NY Registered: Apr 2000 posted 01-26-2004 12:50 PM                     As long as uncurtained screens are high enough, and let's face it--where else are you going to hide the subs, you can get away with leaf blowers as long as you use some care and the place is decently cleaned on a regular basis to keep the dust down.  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 01-26-2004 01:24 PM                        Blowers will certainly raise a "dust storm", with the really small dirt particles (less than 10 micrometers) remaining airborne for a while before accumulating on surfaces and on/in the screen. If the airflow in the theatre is such that the air is being sucked through the screen perforations, they WILL accumulate dirt. Likewise, the airborne dirt WILL be sucked into your HVAC returns. One way to evaluate how much dust is in the air during and after blower cleaning is to shine the projector's light on the screen, and observe the floating dirt particles. You may be shocked.  |  IP: Logged David Favel Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 764 From: Ashburton, New Zealand Registered: Feb 2002 posted 01-26-2004 03:27 PM                     Why not use a leaf sucker?  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 01-26-2004 04:08 PM                        If you use a vacuum or "sucker", be sure the air being vented is well filtered (e.g., HEPA). Better yet, use a central vacuum system, so there's no chance of putting the dirt back into the auditorium/booth.  |  IP: Logged Matthew Peters Expert Film Handler Posts: 179 From: Glen Waverley, Melbourne, Australia Registered: Nov 2002 posted 01-26-2004 07:50 PM                     We use an ordinary garden shovel. (non-curved) It gives good results on carpet, especially when some little spills their large popcorn in the foyer. We do have a leaf blower, but never use it - too uncontrollable. By the time you blow all the popcorn to one corner and shovel it into the bin, it could have been just as quick to go up and down each aisle with the shovel.  |  IP: Logged

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