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PSA: despite the trope, please do not store film in your garden shed. Film is very delicate and hates moisture and temperature fluctuation.
by ZiiS 2y ago
PSA: despite the trope, please do not store film in your garden shed. Film is very delicate and hates moisture and temperature fluctuation.
- InDubioProRubio 2y agoDont worry- as long as there is PSA personal around, you know there is a guy, whos job is it to fix the films discolouration and damages in post. So its okayish and greyish.
- shermantanktop 2y agoBut in Britain all things end up in the garden shed eventually…
- GJim 2y ago> please do not store film in your garden shed. Under no circumstances should you store nitrate film (or film you even think might be nitrate) in your home. It is more flammable than petrol. There is a damn good reason people store old film in garden sheds and not in the house. It isn't a 'trope'. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_base https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_base
- ZiiS 2y agoAn important thing to be aware of. However, storing nitrate film in your shed would still be illegal and inadvisable. There is a decade buffer ensuring Thunderbirds was not filmed on nitrate. tbh I don't think the is any nitrate film stored in a shed which would still be recoverable.
- cameronh90 2y agoI'll ensure that from now on my shed is only used for old tins of paint, firelighters, matches, leaky jerrycans of diesel, fireworks, and gas cylinders. My nitrate film can go in the loft instead.
- ZiiS 2y agoGuncotton (a better name for nitrate film) cannot be extinguished (because it contains sufficient oxygen); can autoignite; and is illegal to store.
- ssl-3 2y agoSo if not the garden shed, then: Where do I store my collection of nitrate films?
- themadturk 2y agoDon't ask 20th Century Fox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1937_Fox_vault_fire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1937_Fox_vault_fire
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- implements 2y agoSpeaking of dodgy things in sheds, as a heads-up Hexamine fuel tablets are now illegal to possess in the UK - so campers and model steam engine enthusiasts beware.