Anyone ever make their own roll film paper backing?

[Hunter_Compton]

I recall listen to Robert Shanebrook who wrote Making Kodak Film talk about the process of skiving (thinned at the edges) backing paper on a podcast he was a guest on, and IIRC he said it was phased out in the 1990s as unnecessary.

This paper:

https://www.jampaper.com/black-matte-wrapping-paper-short-mini-roll-263-sq-ft-item-277013526263

Is reported to be light proof without further coating from people to who have used it as backing paper, but I haven't tried it myself yet.

 

[MattKing]

I do have a copy of the relevant ISO document, and the revision is from 2000. I can share it privately if you want.

Not necessary. Just tell us what, if anything, it specifies wrt thickness.

 

[MCB18]

Not necessary. Just tell us what, if anything, it specifies wrt thickness.

Not much.

The following thickness values shall be maintained:

• backing paper: 0,06 mm minimum and 0,12 mm maximum;
• backing paper plus film: 0,24 mm +/- 0,04 mm;
• backing paper plus film and paster tape: 0,40 mm +/-0,10 mm.

 

[cardiomac]

I recall listen to Robert Shanebrook who wrote Making Kodak Film talk about the process of skiving (thinned at the edges) backing paper on a podcast he was a guest on, and IIRC he said it was phased out in the 1990s as unnecessary.

This paper:

https://www.jampaper.com/black-matte-wrapping-paper-short-mini-roll-263-sq-ft-item-277013526263

Is reported to be light proof without further coating from people to who have used it as backing paper, but I haven't tried it myself yet.

I’m using this paper to make homemade 116 rolls using 70 mm film from Mercury Works. It works great for my purposes, but I tend to use the film quickly and not store it for long, if I were to store it in a refrigerator, I would probably vacuum seal it first to prevent moisture damage

 

[MCB18]

I guess I haven’t shared it here, but I’ve made some rollfilms with some paper I get from Astrum, red Soviet paper. It works well as backing paper! I did use sharpie to mark the numbers on 122 film, I don’t know how that’s going to interact with the film, so I did tell the person I made it for to use it soon after they got it. Not sure if they did or not.