Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Seems like Kodak film cleaner listed Tri-clor-ethane or something like that. This is the solvent our video engineers use to clean video heads. I haven't tried that on film. Mike D - -----Original Message----- From: Johnny Deadman <deadman@jukebox.demon.co.uk> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Date: Wednesday, November 24, 1999 8:36 PM Subject: [Leica] Film Cleaner >What do they put in that stuff? > >It's so expensive, and never in stock anyway. > >I just used iso-propanol, the stuff I use to clean the heads on my >reel-to-reel, and it seemed to work just fine. Might it conceivably dissolve >or mark the film base? > >The only stuff this wouldn't clear would presumably be gunk that's not >soluble in alcohol, only water, like certain kinds of scum or drying marks. > >Any ideas? > > >-- >Johnny Deadman >