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 Post subject: The EIGHT Year WORLD'S RECORD (???) Vitafilm Soak
PostPosted: Sun Jul 26, 2015 5:28 pm 
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Okay folks, here's one to mark on your calendar, plan your parties and check in from around the world....
I was in my archive this weekend, locating a film to send to Dan Lail (found it, Dan!), and I went back into the room that houses "Vinegarville". Actually, "Vinegarville" is just a shelf far removed from my main archive, where maybe 10-12 suspect and certain reels of vinegar syndrome prints spend their final days. They project okay, but they suffer the VS breakdown and I keep them removed from my main collection. Weeeeeellllll, yesterday I discover, in a stack of long forgotten and neglected reels, my VITAFILM TEST from 2007. Sometime around 2000, I bought a big lot of films. from a guy and he included a partial pint of the OLD VITAFILM (NOT the new, reincarnated stuff that claims VS CURES) was included in the purchase. It was in a tin can, maybe a half a pint left in a quart can, and had a tractor feed computer label which I suspected meant Blackhawk originally sold it... the same type of label you see on the Blackhawk boxes. Well, to make a short story long, I am a fan of Filmrenew and had no experience using Vitafilm. I did have a SEVERELY warped reel of black and white home movies--it was "star" shaped on the reel--and I figured I would give the experiment a try. Into lab can with the OLD formula VITAFILM, duct taped closed, labeled and dated. And forgotten. As you can see in the photo, the immesion date was ALMOST 8 years ago. I am resisting temptation to open it now. I decided to wait until August 30 to open the can and share the results with my Forum members....Will the film still be star shaped? (Is this event on a magnitude of Geraldo Rivera and the Al Capone "hidden room"??) Note- I think I can feel liquid STILL sloshing around in the sealed can... Well, I will post reminders for the Big Day, so plan your parties. I think this will set a WORLD RECORD for the longest film soak, etc.


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get a go-pro and do a podcast of the event Chris! [set5_b/set5_b/lurk5.gif]

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Whoa, what an idea, Wayne...!


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A podcast would be great! If it's on an apple core, maybe the apple will will have grown back. [set5_b/set5_b/smilielol5.gif]

Thanks for locating Brats. [set5_b/set5_b/cheers2.gif]

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I think is great! Count me in. As much as I don't want to see summer end I am looking forward to August 30th


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Look forward to it.

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Couple weeks to go, getting ready for the show [set5_b/set5_b/lurk5.gif]

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Thanks for the reminder, Wayne. TWO WEEKS is right


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Let's see....factoring in 2 extra days for leap years, as of today the film has been in the can a mere 2,922 days. Just 8 more days to go, folks...


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Tomorrow is THE day for the GRAND OPENING of the Vitafilm 8-Year Soak. I'll open it either very early or very late in the day as I am working tomorrow. Looks like it'll be just photos, but I'll have plenty of them posted.


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