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Film cement is a special glue designed to join Motion Picture film. It is made of Film Base dissolved in a Solvent . Two cut sections of film are spliced together in a Film Splicer using film cement. Splices can be made either with a "hot" splicer, or the splicer unplugged and at Room Temperature . It is most important that the Emulsion of the film be scraped off prior to applying the cement or the splice will fail. Film cement also has a workable life span, if the amount of solvent falls below a certain level the splices will fail. Cement life can be extended by the careful addition of its solvent, usually Methyl Ethyl Ketone (MEK) or Acetone . Film cement can only be used with Acetate , Triacetate and Nitrate films. Film cement cannot be used with Polyester based film. |
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