I have had some success with treating shrunken/warped film in Vitafilm. I believe that Film Renew is a similar product.
I am not a chemist, so I'm not sure how it works. It does not work in every case, so you don't know until you try it. I have some film that is now projectable that was not before treatment in Vitafilm. I also use it as a film cleaner. I bought a gallon many years ago, and still have about half of it. It can be re-used. Follow the instructions - it makes an incredibly difficult to remove gummy mess out of any kind of tape - no tape splices! Tom Durham Cinematheque -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Scott Dorsey Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2012 9:18 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Frameworks] VITAFILM Vitafilm is made and sold by Stewart Motion Picture Services, stewartmps.com. I am pretty skeptical of their claims about slowing vinegar syndrome, but it can't hurt to try it. I didn't find it helped the one print I tried it on, but it's inexpensive enough that if it has any chance of helping you might as well. I think the best solution for vinegar syndrome is to either keep the film out in a place where it can outgas safely and not affect other films nearby, or seal it up in a can with a bunch of molecular sieves to absorb the acid. Either one will slow things down by preventing the film from sitting in an acidic atmosphere. Cinelab can still make dirty dupes on 7374 stock too, which is sometimes the only way to save material that is disintegrating. --scott _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list [email protected] https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list [email protected] https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
