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I start my tender loving care by stealing a little space in my wife's freezer, right

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next to the chicken pie. Never leave your camera in the hot sun because the heat will

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rapidly deteriorate the colors in the film. Before I load my camera, I dust out any emotion

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particles in the gate area and with a small ear syringe blow out any dust or film particles

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from the camera body. When my films have been returned from processing, the next step is editing.

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A clean working area is essential and painting the editing board white aids in dirt detection.

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And fellows please, if you still use that greasy kid stuff, keep it off the film.

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When making cement splices, many particles of film scrapings collect on the editing board.

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Film normally accumulates a static charge which attracts dirt in the same manner as

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this magnet attracts small nails. I catch these scrapings by placing a film can cover

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beneath my splicer.

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In spite of these precautions, my film picks up dust from the air, so I clean and lubricate it

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for projection. The items used are film cleaner containing lubricant, a metal pie tin, a hairdryer

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fan, and two clean unused powder puffs. Adequate ventilation is essential.

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Pour the film cleaner on the powder puff.

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Turn on the fan to evaporate the cleaner and slowly wind the film through the two puffs.

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By painting the tops of your projection reel cans white,

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then the whole cover can be used to record pertinent data.

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Marks a lot of felt pens are ideal for this purpose. And I store my films at normal room

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temperatures and not in a hot attic or damp cellar where the color dyes tend to deteriorate.

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Aids for keeping your projector clean are an ear syringe, Q-tips, acetone, pipe cleaners,

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and a brush. Dust off the surfaces of the projector.

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Remove the pressure pad.

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And then with a moistened pipe cleaner, remove those ugly whiskers that are so

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objectionable on the screen. Dust out the film gate area.

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A Q-tip moistened with acetone will remove hardened emulsion from the pressure pad and

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film gate area.

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By using tender loving care, I can sit back in the dark,

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confident that my films have been properly prepared for projection.

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Always use a lens cap.

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If I spend $125 for a good lens, I'm not going to let it get dirty. No, sir, not me.

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On a vacation trip, there's dust and smog and spray to watch out for. I play it safe and use

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my lens cap, a good, tight-fitting one. Even in clear weather, there are those harmful ultraviolet

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rays to think of, and there is always someone who will sneeze right into your lens. They say you

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can clean a lens, but I say an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. It's lens caps all the

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time for me. One precaution, though. Don't use them on cameras having a through-the-lens

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viewing system. You won't be able to see a thing.