What is in movie film cleaner (and lub)?

[Jack Honeycutt]

Folks....

 

After reading about the many film cleaners (& lubricates/conditioners/anti static etc), I am very confused. It seems that part of it is good science and part of it magic.

 

I use Ecco VSF299. But trying to find out what is in it, and how it compares to, say, Ecco 1500 has been impossible for me.

 

I tried to find the company that makes it so I could read a data sheet. Electro-Chemical Products Corp does not have a web site or phone number.

 

I bought two expensive Kodak books on movie film hoping to see if they could give me some basic information on film cleaners. I bought Kodak Publication # H-1 Cat 155-2280 "Kodak Motion Picture Film". I also bought Kodak Publication # H-23 Cat 121-1317 "The Book of Film Care". No specific informaiton on what makes up a good film cleaner, and no recommendations as to which cleaner to buy.

 

Film supply businesses are filed with many vendor's film cleaner & lub.

 

What would be a good publication or data sheet to read to learn about film cleaners and lubs, and which cleaners are good choices.

 

Thanks.

 

jack

[Alessandro Machi]

http://www.Neumade.com might be able to answer your questions about the different film cleaners.

[John Pytlak RIP]

The Kodak website has information about solvents suitable for film cleaning:

 

http://www.kodak.com/US/en/motion/hse/solv....4.5.16.4&lc=en