Thanks Scott and George,
There is a bit of rust in the gate so I will be very careful.
Scott, what is '409"? I'm not familiar with it.
Regards,Peter Humble | Research Affiliate | Screen Arts
Sydney College of the Arts
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Today's Topics:
1. Advice cleaning up a salvaged 16mm Contact Printer (peter humble)
2. The Ann Arbor Film Festival (Mark Toscano)
3. Re: Advice cleaning up a salvaged 16mm Contact Printer
(Scott Dorsey)
4. Re: Advice cleaning up a salvaged 16mm Contact Printer
(George, Sherman)
5. Re: Advice cleaning up a salvaged 16mm Contact Printer
(George, Sherman)
6. Re: Advice cleaning up a salvaged 16mm Contact Printer
(Scott Dorsey)
Hi everybody,
I've recently acquired a small 16mm contact printer. It seems to be working
fine but is a bit rusty in parts. I plan to strip it back and give it a good
clean. Just wondering if there's anyone on the list who has had experience in
cleaning/maintaining such machines? What materials should/shouldn't I use when
cleaning rust from gates etc and other parts?
Regards,Peter Humble | Research Affiliate | Screen Arts
Sydney College of the Arts
Hi everyone,
Some of you may not be aware that David Dinnell, in my opinion one of the truly
great film curators we have in the world today, was unceremoniously and
abruptly dismissed by the Ann Arbor Film Festival a few months ago.
Aside from the thoughtless and callous nature of this act, it's just an
infuriating and baffling decision which has, for me and many others, tossed
everything that made the Ann Arbor Film Festival great over the past several
years into the trash.
I'm far from the only person who feels that under David's tenure as program
director, Ann Arbor extremely quickly became one of the most interesting global
showcases for independent/experimental media art. This was in giant part due
to David's far-reaching, creative, and thoughtful programming, as well as the
sense of community that this outreach was able to foment at Ann Arbor for the
festival every year. Obviously there were many other Ann Arbor community
members and the very dedicated staff that made this happen along with David,
but David's curatorial vision gave so many people a big reason to be excited
every March to attend, to see an excellent and inspiring program of work of all
kinds, and also to participate in the community that would assemble there.
For my part, I can't express how disappointed I am that this will no longer be
the case and how pissed I am that the festival's director and board so
unconscionably and stupidly dismissed David. I will not be collaborating with
the festival in any way moving forward.
If you're someone who enjoyed Ann Arbor in the past several years in person or
from afar, via the festival itself, its touring programs, its DVD compilations,
or just in the pleasure of its extensive program guides, please read and
consider signing this petition to express a community's displeasure with this
recent and highly problematic turn of events.
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/letter-to-the-board-of-the-ann-arbor-film-festival
thanks for your patience with my rant -
Mark Toscano409 is your friend, as long as you keep it away from bakelite and
other
phenolics.
Rust is a problem. Where is the rust? Is it on the gate or just on stuff
that doesn't touch the film? A rust stabilizer might be fine if you don't
want to polish it all out, on noncritical parts that aren't touching the
film. The gate is a pain though, since it's fairly high precision to keep
everything sandwiched together without scratching (and if it's one of those
TV station newsroom printers it's likely not so precise in the first place
so you need all you can get).
--scott
If the gate does not have pitting from rust you can try red Jeweler’s Rouge on
a soft cotton cloth. This will polish without scratching. Start with a damp
cloth and follow with a dry cloth.Also 3M makes Scotch-brite and the white is
the finest grade and will remove surface rust without scratching the metal.
When removing rust from procession surfaces test in a non-critical area
first.Hope this helpsSherman
On Jul 26, 2016, at 6:31 AM, peter humble <petehum...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hi everybody,
I've recently acquired a small 16mm contact printer. It seems to be working
fine but is a bit rusty in parts. I plan to strip it back and give it a good
clean. Just wondering if there's anyone on the list who has had experience in
cleaning/maintaining such machines? What materials should/shouldn't I use when
cleaning rust from gates etc and other parts?
Regards,Peter Humble | Research Affiliate | Screen Arts
Sydney College of the Arts
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replace procession with precision
On Jul 26, 2016, at 1:40 PM, George, Sherman <sgeo...@ucsd.edu> wrote:
If the gate does not have pitting from rust you can try red Jeweler’s Rouge on
a soft cotton cloth. This will polish without scratching. Start with a damp
cloth and follow with a dry cloth.Also 3M makes Scotch-brite and the white is
the finest grade and will remove surface rust without scratching the metal.
When removing rust from procession surfaces test in a non-critical area
first.Hope this helpsSherman
On Jul 26, 2016, at 6:31 AM, peter humble <petehum...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hi everybody,
I've recently acquired a small 16mm contact printer. It seems to be working
fine but is a bit rusty in parts. I plan to strip it back and give it a good
clean. Just wondering if there's anyone on the list who has had experience in
cleaning/maintaining such machines? What materials should/shouldn't I use when
cleaning rust from gates etc and other parts?
Regards,Peter Humble | Research Affiliate | Screen Arts
Sydney College of the Arts
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Yes. Watch out for Scotch-Brite pads, though, they can leave behind tiny
abrasive crystals, so you need to clean up very carefully after using them.
(That goes for rouge as well, but people expect that, whereas they often
don't expect it with Scotch-Brite.)
--scott
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