Re: [Frameworks] Advice cleaning up a salvaged 16mm Contact Printer

409 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

Re: [Frameworks] Advice cleaning up a salvaged 16mm Contact Printer

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

Re: [Frameworks] Advice cleaning up a salvaged 16mm Contact Printer

replace procession with precision On Jul 26, 2016, at 1:40 PM, George, Sherman > 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

[Frameworks] Advice cleaning up a salvaged 16mm Contact Printer

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

[Frameworks] The Ann Arbor Film Festival

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