Hair in the Gate!! (was Re: [BC] KTLA Television...)

[Mark Garrett]

   The  projectionist  where  I  used to work would actually get into the
   habit of damening a cleaning towel with Freon TF and run the film thru
   it if it had been distributed around several TV stations and you would
   pick up a lot of dirt and hair that way.

   One  of the more fun uses of Freon TF was to take a cloth  chair  with
   a  foam  cushion and pour the Freon TF in it to give someone a "frosty
   butt"  just  before a newscast.  Just be sure and scrape off the frost
   ring before they come into the room.
   Mark Garrett, KA9SZX
   ka9szx at hotmail.com
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     From:  Peter Smerdon <psmerdon at fastmail.com.au>
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     Subject:  Hair in the Gate!! (was Re: [BC] KTLA Television...)
     Date:  Thu, 16 Feb 2006 17:53:25 +1100
     >Freon TF???
     >We used good ole spit from a finger to the film!
     >Of course that was only when the air blast wouldn't dislodge them.
     >The bubbles were pretty on air.
     >(and now we know that was kinder to the ozone layer)
     >
     >Cheers,
     >Peter S.
     >
     >jvodenik wrote:
     >>Back  in  the  "good  old  days"  in  Chicago live TV, at channel
     26.  We
     >>used
     >>to  get a hair caught in the gate.  The cure was to dribble Freon
     TF
     >>down
     >>the film strip and let it wash the "hair" out.  Looked like a
     >>waterfall
     >>for a few seconds.  Ahaaa for the old days again.
     >>
     >>John @ VOA / Delano
     >>
     >>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
     ++++
     >>Maybe one day you'll be able to run the old 7-Up spot where the
     >>film breaks. You can yell "hair in the gate" one more time.
     >>
     >>Rich
     >
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     >Peter Smerdon.
     >
     >Radio 3mp - Easy Listening
     >sen-1116  - Let's Talk Sport
     >
     >Melbourne, Australia.
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