25asa Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 The two film holders I got so far, came with what looks like double sided sticky tape put in the center of the holder. I can see this would help make the film flatter when exposing, but getting the film out proved a real issue when I tried. One of the holders came with film in them, so when I tried pulling the film out, it was still stuck to the tape. Granted the tape isn't so bad it would never come off, but Im debating whether I should remove the tape. I don't want to be bending or wrestling with pulling back out the sheet of film while its in the dark bag. I threw out those two sheets of film I had in the holder. So what do you think- should I remove the tape? At first I thought the holders came like this, but on inspection of a second holder, the tape was not all there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
25asa Posted February 17, 2020 Author Share Posted February 17, 2020 I was advised to remove the tape. I had some Acetone and some Qtips, so I removed as much of the tape as I could and used acetone to clean it up with what remained. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conrad_hoffman Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 I can see why somebody put it there, but it sounds like a pita. If you ever worry about acetone wrecking plastic parts, try WD-40 first. It's a great goo remover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
25asa Posted February 18, 2020 Author Share Posted February 18, 2020 Well the acetone didn't do much damage to the plastic. It just made a dark spot in the area used. Im not sure if cleaning it would clear that up. That said its done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodeo_joe1 Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Acetone is a terrible solvent to use on plastic. Most adhesive tapes dissolve or come off clean with decorator's white spirit, which doesn't attack plastics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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